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Chapter: 1400 Technical Requirements Program: TCA 52 3. receipt of Workers’ Compensation, Vocational Rehabilitation, Veteran Disability or other public assistance benefit when eligibility is conditional upon a determination of incapacity or disability; 4. pending SSI or SSDI application supported by a medical diagnosis of disability; 5. clinic records; or 6. hospital records (medical or psychiatric).

The Department will review the incapacity if the parent’s condition is expected to improve sufficiently or the parent will resume functioning at a usual level of competency. The review must be scheduled for the month the change is expected to occur. 1420.0722.03 Gathering Incapacity Information Applications (TCA) Since incapacity is not a factor in determining family eligibility for TCA or an exemption from work referral, applicants will not be pended for incapacity or disability verification, unless a caregiver is also claiming a time limit and work activity exemption for caring for the incapacitated or disabled member. 1420.0722.04 Gather Incapacity Information Ongoing (TCA) Information must be obtained on active cases when a need for care exemption is claimed by the caregiver and:

1. an incapacity is anticipated to end; or 2. when the RWB notifies the agency of a change in the incapacitated individual’s medical condition. 1420.0722.05 Resuming Level of Employment/Care (TCA) When the parent’s incapacity ends, eligibility for the appropriate coverage group where incapacity is not a factor must be explored. 1420.0723 Unemployment/Underemployment (TCA) Deprivation exists due to unemployment/underemployment when both parents (the mother and legal or non-legal father on whom the Department has made a non-judicial determination of paternity) live with the child and one of the following conditions exists:

1. One or both parents are unemployed. Unemployed is defined as not working. 2. One or both parents are underemployed. This means that one or both parents are working, but the assistance group has net countable income less than the payment standard. 1420.0724.05 Verification of Unemployment/Underemployment (TCA) Unemployment/Underemployment is verified by one of the following:

1. If the parents claim no current employment, the eligibility specialist must verify any loss of employment that occurred within the prior 60 days. 2. If one or both parents are employed, follow verification procedures in 1820.0207 to determine if the assistance group has net countable income equal to or less than the payment standard. 1420.0800 LIVING IN THE HOME (TCA) A child must be living in a home maintained by a parent or specified relative as a condition of eligibility.