10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 336, § 1
The period of time that the Department uses to determine whether a penalty for improper transfer of assets will be imposed is called the "look back period."
The look back period is on or after sixty months prior to the first day of the month in which the individual resides in a Residential Care Facility, Cost Reimbursed Boarding Home, or Adult Family Care Home and applies for State-Funded Assistance.
If the individual has had multiple periods of residing in one of the above facilities and/or applications for State-Funded Assistance, the look back period starts sixty months prior to the first day of the month in which the individual first resides in one of the facilities above and applies for State-Funded Assistance.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 336, § 1