Medicaid Policy
Medicaid Policy
Moving to Utah
An individual who moves to Utah from another state with the intent to become a Utah resident can receive Medicaid in Utah even if the other state provided Medicaid for the month of application. If the individual received a State Supplemental Payment from the other state, see Section 207-5, E.
An individual is not a Utah resident until he or she arrives in Utah. (See Sec. 711)
An individual is not a Utah resident while en route to Utah from another state.
Other family members do not become Utah residents until they arrive in Utah, too.
The effective date for Utah Medicaid cannot begin until the day the individual becomes a Utah resident. (See Sec. 711)
Institutionalized individuals from other states
An individual placed in a Utah institution by another state, or an agency acting on behalf of another state, is a resident of the placing state. This includes placement in a public institution in Utah such as a jail or prison. When such individual is taken from the public institution and admitted to a hospital for an inpatient stay, the individual's state of residency does not change.
When a competent individual is no longer a resident of an institution, the state of residence is the state where the individual is living with the intent to reside. If the individual is not competent when he leaves the facility, the state of residence is where the individual is physically present.
The eligibility agency cannot deny Medicaid to an institutionalized individual, except for someone placed by an agency of the other state, on the grounds that the individual did not establish residence in Utah before entering the institution, if the individual meets the defined residency rules.
Moving Out of Utah
When an individual moves out of Utah, consider him a Utah resident through the end of the month in which he moved out of Utah.
After an unemancipated person is found to meet Utah residency requirements, his eligibility is not affected by a change of residency on the part of his parents, legal guardian or the person who applied for Medicaid on his behalf. If the individual remains in Utah, he is a Utah resident.