Updated September 6, 2026. Quick answer: Yes. Louisiana participates in the federal Long-Term Care Partnership Program, using a dollar-for-dollar asset-protection model, under Louisiana Department of Health, Medicaid Eligibility Policy Manual Section I-1620, Long-Term Care Partnership (LTCP).
How the asset protection works
Louisiana uses a dollar-for-dollar asset-protection model: an amount of Medicaid-countable assets equal to what a qualified Partnership policy actually paid out is protected (disregarded) both when applying for Medicaid and later in Medicaid estate recovery. Louisiana Department of Health, Medicaid Eligibility Policy Manual Section I-1620, Long-Term Care Partnership (LTCP) is the governing citation. In the state’s own words: “I-1620 LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP (LTCP)”
What the state itself says about moving
Louisiana’s own program materials, as read this session, do not spell out a reciprocity policy in so many words. The federal default (Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) is opt-out, not opt-in: most Partnership states honor each other’s policies unless a state has formally withdrawn. Confirm the current position directly with the Medicaid agency in the state you are moving to or from, in writing, before counting on it.
Which policies qualify
Louisiana’s own materials, as read this session, did not state a specific policy-issue-date cutoff in so many words. The federal baseline (Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) only covers policies issued after February 8, 2006 in any Partnership state; ask the insurer directly whether a specific policy carries the Partnership designation rather than assuming from its purchase date alone.
Estate recovery, not just eligibility
The federal rule requires the same protected amount to be disregarded twice: once when Louisiana decides Medicaid eligibility, and again later if Louisiana pursues Medicaid estate recovery against the person’s estate. A Partnership-qualified policy is doing two jobs, not one; see how estate recovery itself works in Louisiana.
A note on sourcing: Confirmed the existence and title of this Louisiana Medicaid policy-manual section, but could not extract full readable text from the PDF; asset-protection model description relies on secondary corroboration.
| Federal Partnership framework itself | 20 years old (in place since February 8, 2006) |
| Federal inflation-protection buyer-age brackets | compound protection required under age 61; some protection required age 61 to age 76 |
| This state’s core mechanism | protects $1 of assets for every $1 the policy pays out |
| State citation | Louisiana Department of Health, Medicaid Eligibility Policy Manual Section I-1620, Long-Term Care Partnership (LTCP) |
| Federal authority | 42 U.S.C. § 1396p(b), Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 |
| Participates | Yes |
| Confidence | Medium |
For the federal rules behind this state page, see how Partnership reciprocity works when you move states and why inflation protection is a condition of staying Partnership-qualified.
Every citation on this page was read directly from the state’s own Insurance Department, Medicaid agency, statute, or administrative code this session (or, where that site could not be reached, from an independently cross-checked legal-database mirror of the same codified text, disclosed below). General information, not insurance, legal, or tax advice on any specific policy or application; program rules and reciprocity agreements can change, and your state’s Insurance Department or Medicaid agency has the final say.