MR #22.02: 2022 Irrevocable Prepaid Burial Limit Increase

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02/01/2022

Summary:

  • The Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (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 $6,774 to $7,248 effective 01/01/2022.

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 $7,248 effective 01/01/2022.

Increase of the Irrevocable Prepaid Contract

IES will use the increased $7,248 exemption for:

  • all AABD cash and medical application decisions made effective 01/01/2022; and
  • 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

Theresa Eagleson

Director, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Serv