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MRG UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2005 84 CATEGORICAL FACTORS MEDICAID EXTENSIONS/CONTINUATIONS (10) A person overcoming a certified disability or certified blindness remains categorically SSI-related through the second month following the month in which the disability or blindness ends. This is a categorical extension only. These persons must meet the financial eligibility requirements for Medicaid as SSI-related recipients. (11) A family overcoming an ADC deprivation factor remains categorically ADC-related for three months following the month in which the deprivation ended. The deprivation can end due to any of the following changes in circumstances: a parent is no longer incapacitated; or b) absent parent returns to the home. This is a categorical extension only. The family must meet the financial eligibility requirements for ADC-related Medicaid recipients. (12) An individual under the age of 22, if the individual attained the age of 21 while receiving psychiatric services in a State hospital for the mentally disabled, is entitled to a one year extension. (13) A child who was in receipt of SSI on August 22, 1996, and whose SSI payment was discontinued on or after July 1, 1997 due to the change in disability criteria as defined by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, will continue to be eligible in the SSI- related category until the earliest event occurs: a) the child reaches 18 years of age; b) the child no longer meets the income and/or resource levels of the SSI program; c) the child no longer meets the definition of disabled that was in effect prior to the PRWORA; or d) the child fails to meet another Medicaid eligibility requirement.