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Implementation Guide: Medicaid State Plan Eligibility More Restrictive Requirements than SSI under 1902(f) – 209(b) States Contents POLICY CITATION .................................................................................................................. 2 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................ 2 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 2 More Restrictive Criteria ........................................................................................................ 2 More Restrictive Treatment of Income ................................................................................... 3 More Restrictive Treatment of Resources .............................................................................. 3 Determining Income Eligibility and Spenddown of Excess Income ...................................... 3 REVIEWABLE UNIT DEPENDENCIES ................................................................................. 5 INSTRUCTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 9 A. Use of More Restrictive Requirements ........................................................................ 9 B. Populations with More Restrictive Requirements ........................................................ 9 C. Types of More Restrictive Requirements Used ............................................................ 9 D. More Restrictive Requirements with Respect to Income ............................................. 9 E. More Restrictive Requirements with Respect to Resources ....................................... 10 F. More Restrictive Requirements with Respect to the Definition of Disability ............ 11 G. More Restrictive Requirements with Respect to the Definition of Blindness ............ 11 H. More Restrictive Requirements with Respect to the Financial Responsibility of Relatives ................................................................................................................................ 11 I. Other More Restrictive Requirements............................................................................ 11 J. Income Deductions ......................................................................................................... 11 K. Additional Information (Optional) ............................................................................. 12 REVIEW CRITERIA................................................................................................................ 12