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• Court records, including adoption records, in which the child's age has been noted • Records of social agencies (including the Local Office) • Insurance company records • School records.

2410.15.00 AGE REQUIREMENT (MED 1) There is no age requirement for MA B and MA D.

To be eligible for Medicaid under the MA A category, an applicant must be 65 years of age or older.47 An otherwise eligible individual who turns age 65 during a month is eligible for Medicaid under the aged category for that entire month. An applicant must meet the disability or blind requirements in the month preceding the month in which he becomes age 65 to be considered under the blind or disabled category. Refer to Section 2412.25.00.

To be eligible for MEDWorks (MADW and MADI) an individual must be at least 16 years of age but less than 65 years of age.48

2412.00.00 BLINDNESS OR DISABILITY (MED 1) The policy stated in this section only applies to the MA B, MA D, MADW, MADI, and MA R categories of assistance. During the interview, it is important to ask whether each applicant for health coverage is blind and/or disabled and ensure that the response is correctly reflected in the eligibility system. This will enable the blind and or disabled category to be correctly evaluated even if initially the applicant qualifies under another category.

To qualify for assistance as blind or disabled individual, specific medical criteria must be met. These requirements are discussed in the following sections.

2412.05.00 DEFINITION OF BLINDNESS (MED 1) The policy stated in this section only applies to the MA B and MA R categories of assistance. The visual requirement, which must be met to receive MA under the Blind category, is as follows: • An individual is considered blind if he has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction or a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an