[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR435.120]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 435_ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN 

MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart B_Mandatory Coverage of the Categorically Needy

 

Sec. 435.120  Individuals receiving SSI.



    Except as allowed under Sec. 435.121, the agency must provide 

Medicaid to aged,



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blind, and disabled individuals or couples who are receiving or are 

deemed to be receiving SSI. This includes individuals who are--

    (a) Receiving SSI pending a final determination of blindness or 

disability;

    (b) Receiving SSI under an agreement with the Social Security 

Administration to dispose of resources that exceed the SSI dollar limits 

on resources; or

    (c) Receiving benefits under section 1619(a) of the Act or in 

section 1619(b) status (blind individuals or those with disabling 

impairments whose income equals or exceeds a specific Supplemental 

Security Income limit). (Regulations at 20 CFR 416.260 through 416.269 

contain requirements governing determinations of eligibility under this 

provision.) For purposes of this paragraph (c), this mandatory 

categorically needy group of individuals includes those qualified 

severely impaired individuals defined in section 1905(q) of the Act.



[55 FR 33705, Aug. 17, 1990]