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(b) Would currently be eligible for AFDC or SSI except that the cost-of-living increase in Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance under Public Law 92-336 raised his income over the limit allowed under AFDC or SSI. This includes a person who:

(ii) Would meet all current AFDC or SSI requirements if he were not in a medical institution or intermediate care facility.

(3) A person who becomes ineligible for SSI solely as a result of an Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance cost-of-living increase received after April, 1977, if the person: (a) Is receiving Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; (b) Was receiving an SSI or Optional State Supplement payment but became ineligible for that payment because of a cost-of-living increase paid under § 215(i) of the Social Security Act after April, 1977; and

(c) Would still be eligible for SSI or Optional State Supplement if the amount of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance cost-of-living increases paid after April, 1977, was deducted from income. The Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance cost-of-living increase includes an increase received by the person or his financially responsible spouse.

(4) A person who in December, 1973, was eligible for Medical Assistance as an essential spouse. Medical Assistance will continue if this person:

(a) Continues to meet the December, 1973, criteria of the State's approved Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, or Public Assistance to the Needy Blind plans to be considered an essential spouse; and

(b) Lives with an aged, blind, or disabled spouse who continues to meet the December, 1973, criteria of the State's approved Old Age Assistance, Public Assistance to the Needy Blind, or Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled plans.

(5) A person who in the month of December, 1973, was eligible for Medical Assistance and was an inpatient in a long-term care facility qualified to receive Medical Assistance payments, and, if not institutionalized, would have been eligible for Old Age Assistance, Public Assistance to the Needy Blind, or Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled. Medical Assistance will continue if this person:

(a) Needed and received inpatient care continuously since December, 1973; (b) Continues to need and receive inpatient care; and