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(1) New Applicants for Medicaid – When applying for Medicaid LTSS, all new applicants who are sixty-five (65) year of age and older are subject to a full financial eligibility review using the SSI method as well a determination of clinical/functional eligibility and all the steps in the LTSS determination process, including PETI apply. (2) Current Medicaid Beneficiaries – Current Medicaid beneficiaries who are sixty-five (65) and older and eligible and receiving non-LTSS MACC Medicaid as a parent/caretaker under Chapter 30 of this Title are referred for both a full financial eligibility review using the SSI method, which requires that they provide additional information related to their own and joint spousal resources, and functional/clinical eligibility review. Current beneficiaries eligible for non-LTSS Community Medicaid under Chapter 40 of this Title are referred for a determination of clinical/functional eligibility, in the same manner as those who are SSI-eligible, while the required financial eligibility factors unique to LTSS are reviewed. All beneficiaries can initiate the LTSS eligibility determination by contacting a DHS LTSS eligibility specialist and completing the applicable sections of the integrated health and human services application form, or an alternative form designated for this purpose, or updating their accounts in the IES Consumer Portal. d. Retroactive Coverage. Retroactive coverage is available for a period of up to ninety (90) day for LTSS applicants evaluated on the basis of the SSI method. Accordingly, all elders are eligible for retroactive coverage. 4. Children up to Age Nineteen (19) – Children requiring LTSS are generally evaluated for MACC group eligibility and provided the services and supports they need under the authorities included in the Medicaid State Plan without requiring a separate determination of eligibility. As indicated in Subchapter 10 Part 3 of this Chapter, there is also a separate eligibility pathway known as Katie Beckett (KB), which was established by Congress for children with serious illnesses and/or disabilities who are receiving care at home and, as a result, would otherwise be ineligible for Medicaid. These children would most likely be eligible if they were receiving care in an institution. The KB pathway, which is named after the young woman who inspired its creation by Congress, applies the SSI institutional Rules to provide Medicaid coverage available to these otherwise ineligible children by deeming their parents’ income as unavailable to them. Accordingly, children eligible through the KB pathway receive the full scope of Medicaid State Plan and Section 1115 waiver