MR #21.06: 2021 Irrevocable Prepaid Burial Limit Increase

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02/23/2021

Summary:

  • The AABD cash and medical exemption for an irrevocable prepaid burial contract is adjusted annually for any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Users (CPI-U).
  • The exemption is increased from $6,680 to $6,774 effective 01/01/2021.

The amount of the exemption for an irrevocable prepaid burial contract is adjusted annually for any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Users (CPI-U). The exemption of an irrevocable prepaid burial contract will increase to $6,774 effective January 1, 2021.

Increase of the Irrevocable Prepaid Contract

IES will use the increased $6,774 exemption for:

  • for all AABD cash and medical application decisions made effective 01/01/2021; and
  • for all AABD cash and medical redeterminations.

Manual Revisions:

PM 07-02-08-c

[signed copy on file]

Grace B. Hou

Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services