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1. “Adult dependent child” means an unmarried person eighteen (18) years of age or older who has a disabling impairment that began before age twenty-two (22) that is collecting disability related benefits from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA). 2. “Applicant” means the person seeking initial or continuing eligibility for Medicaid. 3. “Community Medicaid eligibility standards” means the income and resource standards used as the basis for determining initial and continuing Medicaid eligibility for each coverage group included in this Section. 4. "Deemed income" means income attributed to another person whether or not the income is actually available to the person to whom it is deemed. 5. "Deemor" means a person whose income and/or resources are subject to deeming. Such individuals include non-applicant parents and spouses and sponsors of non-citizens. 6. “Non-applicant” or “NAPP” means a person whose finances are considered for deeming purposes although is not seeking or is unqualified for Medicaid. 7. "Parent" means a natural or adoptive father or mother living in the same household as the eligible child. 1.6 Eligibility for Elders and Adults with Disabilities 1.6.1 Scope and Purpose A. This Section identifies the primary eligibility pathways for persons sixty-five (65) and older and nineteen (19) to sixty-four (64) with disabilities. 1.6.2 EAD Eligibility Pathway – Low-income Elders and Adults with Disabilities A. Under § 1902 the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a, States have the option under the Medicaid State Plan of expanding eligibility to elders and adults with disabilities (EAD) up to and inclusive of one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level (FPL). R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.5-1 establishes the categorically needy EAD coverage group. The EAD coverage group has higher income and resource limits than the SSI program and serves, therefore, as the State’s primary general eligibility pathway for anyone with an SSI characteristic who does not qualify for SSI benefits. Coverage group features are as follows: 1. Eligibility Criteria – To qualify for Medicaid coverage through the EAD eligibility pathway, a person must meet the general eligibility requirements related to residency, citizenship and cooperation set forth in § 1.10 of this Part and the following: