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Unless the worker notes a marked improvement in the individual's condition or new medical information is available, resubmittal to the Medical Review Unit of reports on cases closed or rejected on an eligibility factor unrelated to incapacity is not necessary. However, eligibility on other factors must again be established. Submitting Information for Requests for Additional Information When the social or medical information is incomplete or inadequate, the Medical Review Unit will specify the information needed and the source from which to request it, or will send the county a form to complete relating to the type of incapacity involved. The Unit may request additional information from the county department for: 1. Cases involving mental retardation. 2. Cases involving epilepsy. 3. Any case requiring complete and specific information in regard to the activities of the applicant or recipient. 4. Any case requiring a summary of the individual's work history and educational ability for retraining. 5. Any case in which there is a wide discrepancy in medical and social information so that neither substantiates the other, or two medicals show entirely different diagnoses. 6. Cases in which the information on the medical report is not adequate for the Unit to make a decision concerning the nature or extent of the individual's incapacitating condition. Submitting Information for Refusals to Cooperate with Rehabilitation Plan When the Medical Review Unit determines an applicant for or recipient of TANF eligible based on incapacity, the Unit may instruct the county to refer him for rehabilitative or restorative services. When the referral is made and the report from the agency shows that the individual has been offered a plan of rehabilitation or restoration and has refused it without a reasonable basis, proceed as follows: 1. The worker will confer with the Vocational Rehabilitation counselor or other agency and talk with the individual regarding his reasons for rejecting the plan. 2. If the individual continues to reject the plan, the worker will report this fact to the Medical Review Team and return all medical and social information reports for a decision as to continued eligibility.

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