40-8.5-1. Categorically needy medical assistance coverage.

The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to amend its Title XIX

state plan to provide for categorically needy medical assistance coverage as permitted pursuant to

Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as amended, to individuals who are

sixty-five (65) years or older or are disabled, as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Social

Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3), as amended, whose income does not exceed one hundred

percent (100%) of the federal poverty level (as revised annually) applicable to the individual’s

family size, and whose resources do not exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) eight thousand

dollars ($8,000) per individual, or six thousand dollars ($6,000) twelve thousand dollars ($12,000)

per couple. The department shall provide medical assistance coverage to such elderly or disabled

persons in the same amount, duration, and scope as provided to other categorically needy persons

under the state’s Title XIX state plan.

SECTION 5. Section 40-8.9-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-8.9 entitled "Medical

Assistance — Long-Term Care Service and Finance Reform" is hereby amended to read as follows: