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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 08/2015

GRH BASIS - DD/MI

0013.18.24

MFIP, DWP, SNAP, MSA, GA: No provisions.

GRH: People have a basis of eligibility for GRH when diagnosed or certified by a qualified professional as having a developmental disability (DD) or as having a mental illness, and their condition limits their ability to work and provide self-support.

For this purpose, developmental disability means a condition that is severe and chronic AND meets ALL of the following conditions:

● Is attributable to cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and Prader-Willi syndrome and any other condition other than mental illness or emotional disturbance.

● Is found to be closely related to a developmental disability because the condition results in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of people with developmental disabilities.

● Requires treatment or services similar to that of people with developmental disabilities.

● Is manifested before the person reaches 22 years of age.

● Is likely to continue indefinitely.

● Results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity:

- Self-care.

- Understanding and use of language.

- Learning.

- Mobility.

- Self-direction.

- Capacity for independent living.

See 0010.18.05 (Verifying Disability/Incapacity - Cash), 0012.12 (Applying for Other Benefits), 0028.18.03 (Suitable Work/Unsuitable Work). Also see MENTAL ILLNESS in 0002.41 (Glossary: Medically Necessary...).