Also see TEMP Manual TE02.08.035 (How to Issue Special Needs Payments).


MFIP, DWP, SNAP, GA, GRH:
No provisions.


MSA:
A special need allowance for a special diet may be paid to MSA clients who are not residents of a nursing home, regional treatment center, or group residential housing facility.

Add an amount for special diet requirements to the monthly assistance standard. See below for the amount to add for a specific diet.

A licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant must prescribe the special diet(s). Verify the need at each recertification or more often if warranted. Do not require a unit to verify actual food expenditures. Another funding source must not be available to pay the diet costs.

The eligible diets and amounts are:

●	Anti-dumping diet	$28.80
●	Controlled protein diet (40-60 grams and requires special products)	$192.00
●	Controlled protein diet (less than 40 grams and requires special products)	$240.00
●	Gluten free diet	$48.00
●	High protein diet (minimum 80 grams/day)	$48.00
●	High residue diet	$38.40
●	Hypoglycemic diet	$28.80
●	Ketogenic diet	$48.00
●	Lactose free diet	$48.00
●	Low cholesterol diet	$48.00
●	Pregnancy and lactation diet	$67.20

When a client requests a payment for more than 1 diet, use the following guidelines to determine payment:

●	If the recommended diets overlap one another with respect to their dietary components, allow the amount indicated for the more costly of the diets.
●	If there is no overlap in the recommended dietary components of the prescribed diets, allow the total for all the prescribed diets.
●	If a doctor prescribed diets which are mutually exclusive, do NOT allow either until adequate clarification has been received from the doctor who prescribed both diets.