MR #20.07: 2020 Irrevocable Prepaid Burial Limit

02/19/2020

Summary:

• The AABD cash and medical exemption for an irrevocable prepaid burial contract funded by a trust is adjusted annually for any increase in the Consumer Price Index.
• The exemption is increased from $6,562 to $6,680 effective 01/01/2020.

Effective 01/01/2020, the prepaid burial exemption for an irrevocable prepaid burial contract funded by a trust will increase to $6,680.

Use the increased $6,680 irrevocable prepaid burial fund exemption:

• for all AABD cash and medical application decisions made effective 01/01/2020; and
• for all AABD cash and medical redeterminations made effective 01/01/2020.

Manual Revisions:

[signed copy on file]

Grace B. Hou

Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services