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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M03 September 2012 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0320.000 AGED, BLIND & DISABLED GROUPS M0320.204 13

• who applied for Medicaid before July 1, 1989,

• was entitled to monthly OASDI benefits under Title II of the

Social Security Act for December 1983, • was entitled to and received widow’s or widower’s disability benefits under section 202(e) or 202(f) of the Social Security Act for January 1984, • lost SSI and/or AG because of the January 1984 increase in disabled widow(er)'s benefits due to elimination of the reduction factor, • has been continuously entitled to an SSA widow(er)’s disability benefit under section 202(e) or 202(f) of the Social Security Act since the first month that increase was received, and • would be eligible for SSI or AG if the amount of the increase and any subsequent COLAs in the widow(er)s’ SSA benefits were excluded. 1. Nonfinancial Eligibility Determine the widow(er)’s eligibility using the procedures below. The widow(er): a. applied for Medicaid as a protected individual prior to July 1, 1989; b. was entitled to and received a widow's or widower's benefit based on a disability under Section 202 (e) or (f) of the Social Security Act, for January 1984; c. became ineligible for SSI and/or AG payments because of the increase in the amount of his/her widow(er)'s benefit and: • the increase resulted from the elimination of the reduction factor for disabled widow(er)s entitled before age 60, • he/she became ineligible for SSI and/or AG payments in the first month in which that increase was paid to him/her, and • a retroactive payment of that increase for prior months was not made in that month; d. has been continuously entitled to a widow(er)'s disability benefit under Section 202 (e) or (f) of the Social Security Act from the first month that the increase in his/her widow(er)'s benefit was received; e. would be eligible for SSI or AG if the amount of that increase, and any subsequent cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in the widow(er)'s benefits, were deducted from his/her income.