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Medicaid Planning · Utah

Utah Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Utah.

Published: September 5, 2026. Last checked: September 5, 2026.

Income limits

Institutional long-term-care income limit

$2,982 per month

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

Source: Utah Medicaid Table II-A, long-term-care figures [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective July 1, 2026

Asset limits

Aged, blind, or disabled resource limit

$2,000

Applies to the applicant under the aged, blind, or disabled pathway for aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid except the Work Incentive Program. This is a cap. Details: one-person eligibility group.

Source: Utah Medicaid Table II, aged, blind, and disabled figures [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective March 1, 2026

Aged, blind, or disabled resource limit

$3,000

Applies to the household under the aged, blind, or disabled pathway for aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid except the Work Incentive Program. This is a cap. Details: two-person eligibility group.

Source: Utah Medicaid Table II, aged, blind, and disabled figures [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective March 1, 2026

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: Utah Medicaid Table II-A, long-term-care figures [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective July 1, 2026

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: Utah Medicaid Table II-A, long-term-care figures [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective July 1, 2026

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 without a spouse or child under 21, blind, or permanently disabled in the home.

Source: Utah Medicaid Table II-A, long-term-care figures [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective July 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.