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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Category

Issued June 28, 2017

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Deleted text indicated by “**”  Medicare Beneficiaries entitled to Medicare Part A  Medically Needy  Institutionalized Individuals under a Special Income Level  Home and Community-Based Services  Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly  Family Opportunity Act Children with Disabilities ** E-210 AGED (A)

Individuals aged 65 or older. An individual is categorically eligible beginning with the month s/he turns age 65.

Note: If age cannot be verified for the Aged category, eligibility shall be considered in the Blind or Disabled category.

E-220.1 Reserved

E-210.2 Reserved

E-220 BLIND (B)

By SSA standards, blindness is established when an Individual has a central visual acuity 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens or a visual field limitation in the better eye of no greater than 20 degrees.

E-220.1 Reserved

E-220.2 Reserved

E-230 PARENTS AND CARETAKER RELATIVES (C and M)

This category includes families with minor or unborn children who meet all eligibility requirements based on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) State Plan in effect 7-16-96.