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Medicaid Planning · South Dakota

South Dakota Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for South Dakota.

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

Income limits

Current institutional long-term-care income limit

$2,982 per month

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for nursing, assisted-living, and home services. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant.

Source: South Dakota medical-program eligibility [state-medicaid-agency] — 2026 income figure

Asset limits

Current individual resource limit

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Applies to the applicant under the institutional long-term care pathway for long-term-care services. This is a cap. Details: individual applicant.

State Medicaid agency

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

Source: CMS 2026 SSI and January spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — SSI, spousal-impoverishment maximum, and home-equity standards effective January 1, 2026 Additional authority: South Dakota Medicaid State Plan Supplement 13 [state-plan] — Approved May 11, 2007; effective January 1, 2007

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Community-spouse monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$2,705 minimum to $4,066.50 maximum per month

Applies to the community spouse under the spousal impoverishment pathway for long-term-care services. This is a range. Details: institutionalized applicant with a community spouse.

Source: CMS 2026 minimum maintenance-needs standards [cms] — Minimum maintenance-needs amount effective July 1, 2026 Additional authority: CMS 2026 SSI and January spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — SSI, spousal-impoverishment maximum, and home-equity standards effective January 1, 2026 Additional authority: South Dakota Medicaid State Plan Attachment A [state-plan] — TN 04-4 approved September 8, 2004; effective July 1, 2004

Home-equity limits

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 South Dakota's home-equity rule.

Source: CMS 2026 SSI and January spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — SSI, spousal-impoverishment maximum, and home-equity standards effective January 1, 2026 Additional authority: South Dakota Medicaid State Plan Supplement 17 [state-plan] — Approved November 20, 2006; effective July 1, 2006

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.