OAR 461-160-0630: Deduction for Maintaining a Home; Nursing Facility Care Client

Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2020-07-08Last verified: 2026-09-07

Retroactively effective July 6, 2020, in the OSIP and OSIPM programs: (1) A single individual in a nursing facility is eligible for a home maintenance deduction for up to six months if all of the following are true: (a) The individual would not be able to afford to keep the home or rental property without the deduction. (b) A physician has documented that the individual is likely to return home within six months. (c) The Department determines that maintaining the home is consistent with the individual’s care needs. (2) The amount of the deduction is the total of the individual’s housing cost, including taxes and homeowners insurance, plus the limited standard utility allowance for the SNAP program provided in OAR 461-160-0420.

Official history and status

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 411.060, 411.404, 413.085 & 414.685

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, 411.060 & 411.404

History: SSP 21-2020, amend filed 07/08/2020, effective 07/08/2020 SSP 13-2019, minor correction filed 04/30/2019, effective 04/30/2019 SSP 8-2019, amend filed 03/13/2019, effective 04/01/2019 SSP 11-2018, amend filed 03/09/2018, effective 04/01/2018 SSP 23-2017, f. 9-11-17, cert. ef. 10-1-17 SSP 38-2013, f. 12-31-13, cert. ef. 1-1-14 SSP 30-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-1-13 thru 3-30-14 AFS 10-2002, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-02 AFS 29-1994, f. 12-29-94, cert. ef. 1-1-95 AFS 80-1989, f. 12-21-89, cert. ef. 2-1-90

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