Allowance For Spouse Application In Palm Beach
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The program's rules allow the community spouse to keep a portion of the couple's assets while the other spouse qualifies. This allowance, known as the Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA), is designed to prevent financial hardship for the spouse not in the nursing home.
Florida has just announced an increase in the Personal Needs Allowance for individuals receiving Medicaid benefits for custodial nursing home care. The new figure is $160 per month, up from $130. The updated figure went into effect on July 1, 2023.
The Community Spouse Resource Allowance is a critical Medicaid protection that allows the healthy spouse to retain essential assets and income while the other spouse receives long-term care.
The Domestic Partnership Registration Affidavit is available on the Clerk's website and in the Clerk's offices. Registrations will be accepted during normal business hours.
Two people of the same or opposite sex who live together and share a domestic life, but aren't married or joined by a civil union. In some states, domestic partners are guaranteed some legal rights, like hospital visitation.
The benefits available to domestic partners are health and dental, except for long-term temporary employees who may cover a domestic partner for health but not dental. Health coverage includes medical, prescription, vision and behavioral/mental health benefits.
In Florida, there is no statewide recognition of domestic partnership. Only the counties of Palm Beach, Volusia, Broward, Orange, Pinellas, Miami-Dade, Leon, Monroe, and Sarasota recognize domestic partnerships, enabling legal benefits for those couples.
Who is eligible to add a domestic partner? All benefits-eligible employees may add their domestic partner to the extent allowed under the domestic partner coverage conditions as stated in the Affidavit of Domestic Partnership.
Eligibility & Requirements Each person must be at least 18 years old and competent to sign a contract. Neither person is married under Florida law, has a domestic partner or is a member of another civil union. They are not related by blood.
