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MS 2000 [4]

3. Amputation of leg or foot because of diabetes mellitus or peripheral vascular disease;

4. Total deafness, not correctable by surgery or hearing aid;

5. Statutory blindness, except if due to cataracts or detached retina;

6. IQ 59 or less, established after attaining age 16;

7. Spinal cord or nerve root lesions resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia;

8. Multiple sclerosis, in which there is damage to the nervous system because of scattered areas of inflammation that recur and have progressed to varied interference with the function of the nervous system, including severe muscle weakness, paralysis, and vision and speech defects;

9. Muscular dystrophy with irreversible wasting of the muscles, with a significant effect on the ability to use the arms and/or legs;

10.Impaired renal function due to chronic renal disease (documented by persistent adverse objective findings) resulting in severely reduced function, which may require dialysis or a kidney transplant; and

11.Amputation of a limb, current age 55 or older.

I. Disability related medical assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security, including a determination by the Medical Review Team (MRT) that the person is disabled. A Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) incapacity determination is not evidence of disability for this reason.

Documentation: An explanation maintained in the case record of the household's circumstances. The documentation must be in sufficient detail to support the accuracy of any case determination.

Drug Addiction and Alcohol (DAA) Treatment Center: Any drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program conducted by a public agency pursuant to Part B of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act, or a private nonprofit organization or institution which is certified by the State agency or agencies designated by the Governor as responsible for the administration of the State’s programs for alcoholics and drug addicts pursuant to P.L. 91-616, Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 and P.L. 92-255, Drug Abuse Office and Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1972 as providing treatment that can lead to the rehabilitation of drug addicts or alcoholics. Please refer to MS 2600.

Elderly: An individual aged 60 or older. If a member is 59 years of age at the time of application but will turn 60 before the end of the month of application, consider that member elderly.

Electronic Income Verification (EIV): A method of verifying income through the transmission of information by various electronic systems.