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A. To qualify, the beneficiary’s Health Care provider must provide documentation that that one (1) or more LTSS preventive services will improve or maintain the ability of a beneficiary to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) and/or delay or mitigate the need for intensive home and community-based or institutionally based care. 1.9.4 Limits A. To qualify for preventive level services, there must be no other form of coverage for the services provided and no other person or agency responsible or capable for doing so. 1.9.5 Continuing Need A. The need for LTSS preventive services is reassessed annually in conjunction with the renewal process. Preventive services continue until the beneficiary reports that the risk for LTSS has been mitigated or a follow-up functional assessment conducted by the State or State designee finds that such services need to be changed or terminated. 1.10 Community Medicaid General Eligibility Requirements 1.10.1 Scope and Purpose A. All applicants for Medicaid in the IHCC groups must meet general eligibility requirements in addition to those related to income, resources, and clinical need. 1.10.2 Characteristic Requirements A. Unless specifically exempt, a person applying for Community Medicaid when eligibility is determined by the State must establish their categorical relationship to SSI by qualifying on the basis of one (1) of the following characteristics: 1. Age – A person qualifying on the basis of age must be at least sixty-five (65) years of age in or before the month in which eligibility begins. a. Verification: An applicant’s age is verified electronically with information about date of birth from the SSA and/or the Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics. If data matches are unsuccessful, an applicant is required to provide paper documentation of date of birth to support a self-attestation of age. 2. Disability – Determined to meet the SSI disability criteria applied by the MART, or the SSA for SSI cash benefits or RSDI or SSDI. Note: An applicant must be determined disabled due to blindness by the MART or by an entity of the SSA. If income is at or below SSI income standard, a disability determination for blindness is not required.