CFR /  Title 42  /  Part 435  /  Sec. 435.340 Protected medically needy coverage for blind and

If an agency provides Medicaid to the medically needy, it must cover individuals who--

(a) Where eligible as medically needy under the Medicaid plan in December 1973 on the basis of the blindness or disability criteria of the AB, APTD, or AABD plan;

(b) For each consecutive month after December 1973, continue to meet--

(1) Those blindness or disability criteria; and

(2) The eligibility requirements for the medically needy under the December 1973 Medicaid plan; and

(c) Meet the current requirements for eligibility as medically needy under the Medicaid plan except for blindness or disability criteria. [46 FR 47987, Sept. 30, 1981]