703.620 EAEDC Caring for the Disabled

In order to be eligible for EAEDC as caring for the disabled, the following two conditions must be met: (1) An applicant or client is required to care for a disabled person in the home in need of constant care; and (2) if the constant care was not provided, the disabled person would be required to be institutionalized. Both elements must exist for an applicant or client of EAEDC to be categorically eligible.

The applicant or client must verify the person’s disability, the need for constant care, and the risk of institutionalization without such care. These must be verified at application, redetermination, or time of any address change, by a written statement from the disabled person’s physician on the physician’s letterhead.

The income of the disabled person shall be considered in the determination of eligibility (see 106 CMR 704.340). If the income of the disabled person exceeds those limits, the applicant or client is ineligible for EAEDC.

The EAEDC applicant or client must meet all other nonfinancial and financial requirements of the EAEDC program as specified in Chapters 703 and 704.