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Medicaid Planning · Connecticut

Connecticut Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Connecticut.

Published: Not yet published. Last checked: September 2, 2026.

Income limits

W01 Medicaid-waiver income limit

$2,982 per month

Applies to the applicant under the home- and community-based services waiver pathway for W01 home- and community-based waiver services. This is a cap. Details: single waiver applicant.

Source: Connecticut DSS Program Standards Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Chart effective July 1, 2026; W01 income and home-equity figures marked effective January 1, 2026

Universal nursing-facility gross-income limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing-facility services. This is a cap. Details: institutional applicant; eligibility and applied-income rules are pathway-specific.

State Medicaid agency

Asset limits

Applicant resource limit

$1,600

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for L01 nursing-facility and W01 waiver services. This is a cap. Details: single applicant; a community spouse's protected resources are assessed separately.

Source: Connecticut DSS Program Standards Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Chart effective July 1, 2026

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Community-spouse protected asset range

$50,000 minimum to $162,660 maximum

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for institutional long-term care and qualifying HCBS waivers. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; actual protected share depends on assessed resources and adjustments.

Source: Connecticut DSS Program Standards Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Chart effective July 1, 2026

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Community-spouse monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$2,705 minimum to $4,066.50 maximum

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for institutional long-term care and qualifying HCBS waivers. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse; actual allowance depends on spouse income and shelter costs.

Source: Connecticut DSS Program Standards Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Chart effective July 1, 2026 Additional authority: CMS July 2026 spousal-impoverishment update [cms] — Minimum maintenance-needs and shelter amounts effective July 1, 2026

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

$1,130,000

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for long-term-care services. This is a cap. Details: applicant subject to the substantial-home-equity rule.

Source: Connecticut DSS Program Standards Chart [state-medicaid-agency] — Chart effective July 1, 2026; W01 income and home-equity figures marked effective January 1, 2026

Sources

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever the state or CMS publishes new long-term-care eligibility figures.

General information, not legal advice.