Section 140.8 Medical Assistance For Qualified Severely Impaired Individuals

Section 140

Section 140.8  Medical

Assistance For Qualified Severely Impaired Individuals

Medical assistance shall be

provided under the AABD program to a qualified severly impaired individual

whose Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment status is based on Section

1619 of the Social Security Act (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 1382h)) if he/she was

eligible for Medicaid in the month prior to first becoming eligible under

Section 1619 of the Act (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code 113:  Subparts B and C, and 89

Ill. Adm. Code 120.10 and 120.60).  A qualified severely impaired individual is

any person under age 65 who received either SSI, State Supplemental Payment or

special Section 1619(a) of the Act benefits and was eligible for Medicaid and

who the Social Security Administration determines meets all of the following

criteria:

a)         is

blind or disabled under Title XVI of the Act (see 42 U.S.C. 1382c);

b)         meets

all SSI requirements except for earned income;

c)         would be seriously inhibited by the lack of Medicaid coverage

from continuing to work or obtaining employment; and

d)         has earnings insufficient to provide a reasonable equivalent

of Medicaid, SSI and Title XX (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.) attendant care benefits

that would be available if he/she did not work.