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Medicaid Planning · Kansas

Kansas Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Kansas.

Published: Not yet published. Last checked: September 5, 2026.

Income limits

HCBS and PACE protected income level

$2,982 per month

Applies to the applicant under the home- and community-based services waiver pathway for home and community-based services and community-based PACE. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant; the nursing-facility personal-needs allowance is not an eligibility cap.

Source: Kansas Medical Assistance Standards F-8 (01-26) [state-medicaid-agency] — January 2026 standards

Nursing-facility gross-income eligibility ceiling

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing-facility care. This is a cap. Details: institutionalized applicant.

State Medicaid agency

Asset limits

Long-term-care applicant resource limit

$2,000

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing-facility, HCBS, and PACE services. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant; spousal-impoverishment policy applies when there is a community spouse.

Source: Kansas Medical Assistance Standards F-8 (01-26) [state-medicaid-agency] — January 2026 standards

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Community-spouse resource allowance

$32,532 minimum to $162,660 maximum

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for nursing-facility, HCBS, and PACE services. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

Source: Kansas Medical Assistance Standards F-8 (01-26) [state-medicaid-agency] — January 2026 standards

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 and qualifying community-based long-term care. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

Source: KanCare policy memo 2026-05-01 [state-medicaid-agency] — Dated May 21, 2026; stated changes effective July 1, 2026

Home-equity limits

Substantial home-equity limit

$752,000

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: KanCare 2026 COLA policy memo [state-medicaid-agency] — Home-equity change effective January 1, 2026 Additional authority: Kansas Medical Assistance Standards F-8 (01-26) [state-medicaid-agency] — January 2026 standards

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.