Eligibility for Disabled Adult Children; OSIPM

An individual is evaluated for OSIPM as a Disabled Adult Child if the individual meets all of the following requirements:

(1) The individual is age 18 or older.

(2) The Social Security Administration has determined that the individual became blind or a person with a disability (as defined by SSA) before reaching the age of 22.

(3) The individual lost SSI benefits on or after July 1, 1987 because the individual became eligible for Social Security benefits from a parent’s Social Security benefit as a result of a parent’s retirement, death, or disability, or because of an increase in such benefits.

(4) The individual would continue to be eligible for SSI in the absence of the Social Security Disabled Adult Child benefit or increases to that benefit. The amount of the individual’s countable

(see OAR 461-001-0000) income is determined as follows: