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Mississippi · Planning Ahead

# Mississippi Long-Term Care Planning

Last updated 2026-10-20

Any workable Mississippi long-term-care plan has to reckon early with the state's hard income cap. DOM's 2026 figures set that cap at $2,982 per month of institutional income, alongside a $4,000 individual countable-resource limit. A nursing-facility resident whose income exceeds the cap may be able to qualify through an Income Trust — but DOM makes clear the trust can't rescue an application where monthly income exceeds the facility's private-pay rate, and for HCBS applicants, income above the limit simply becomes payable to DOM under the trust's own terms (DOM 2026 nursing-facility and HCBS guide; DOM eligibility page).

Timing matters enormously here. The Income Trust that's ultimately needed has to satisfy DOM's specific requirements, be funded correctly, and match the care setting being requested. Families shouldn't assume they can wait until after an admission to sort this out, or that a generic trust template will do the job — the domestic-relations, disability, tax, and trust-law questions involved can diverge sharply from the narrower Medicaid-income question DOM is actually asking.

Mississippi's planning picture is further complicated by its 60-month transfer look-back, its published $9,430 monthly transfer-penalty divisor, and the state's approach to home title through the statutory TOD deed. Because DOM also acts as a formal estate creditor after death, a plan that resolves eligibility today should still be checked against what happens to the home and other assets later. A lesser-known wrinkle, Mississippi Code §43-31-25, even allows a county board to direct certain relatives to support an indigent family member, with a stated $150-per-month consequence for refusal — a historical provision worth flagging to counsel even though it isn't part of routine Medicaid billing (Mississippi Code §43-31-25).

## Mississippi figures

- Institutional income cap: $2,982/month
- Individual resource limit: $4,000
- Transfer-penalty divisor: $9,430/month

## Sources and official resources

- [Mississippi Division of Medicaid](https://medicaid.ms.gov/)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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