---
id: "epm:2.3.3.2.2"
source: "Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual"
source_short: "EPM"
publisher: "Minnesota Department of Human Services"
section: "2.3.3.2.2"
title: "Asset Deeming"
breadcrumb: "2 Medical Assistance > 2.3 Medical Assistance for People Who Are Age 65 or Older and People Who Are Blind or Have a Disability > 2.3.3 Financial Eligibility > 2.3.3.2 Assets > 2.3.3.2.2 Asset Deeming"
effective_date: 2016-06-01
last_modified: 2026-10-03T03:58:40.502456+00:00
version: 2
url: "https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.3.3.2.2"
official_origin: "https://hcopub.dhs.state.mn.us/epm/2_3_3_2_2.htm"
legal_citations:
  - "Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 1a"
  - "Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 3"
---
# EPM 2.3.3.2.2 Asset Deeming

To deem assets is to count one person’s assets in the calculation of another person’s assets. This policy indicates whose assets must be deemed to a person for Medical Assistance for People Who Are Age 65 or Older and People Who Are Blind or Have a Disability (MA-ABD). This policy also applies to the Medicare Savings Program (MSP). See the [MSP](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/4.2) chapter for more information.

Asset deeming requirements are not the same as household composition rules. People may be counted in a person’s household size without having their assets deemed to another member of a household.

Whose assets are deemed to a person is determined separately for each person.

## Assets of a Spouse

Except in the situations noted below, the assets of a spouse are deemed to a person if they live together. If a person is not divorced but is legally separated from their spouse, and continues to live in the same household, the spouse’s assets are deemed.

The assets of a spouse are not deemed to the person when:
- The spouses do not live together.
- The person is applying for or is enrolled in MA for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD). This includes the spouse’s share of jointly held assets.
- The person was enrolled in MA-EPD for 24 consecutive months before the month in which they turned age 65 and there has not been a break in basic MA coverage of more than one calendar month.
- The enrollee is on the Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Community Alternatives Care (CAC), Developmental Disabilities (DD) or Brain Injury (BI) waivers.

## Assets of Other Household members

Assets are not deemed from:
- A child to a parent
- Sibling to sibling

## Legal Citations

- Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 1a
- Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 3