§ 12-15-41-4 — Exemptions from eligibility requirements

To participate in the buy-in program
beginning July 1, 2002, an individual must meet the eligibility
requirements under IC 12-15-2-6, except as follows:
(1) The individual has a severe medically determinable
impairment without regard to the individual's employment status.
(2) The individual must be at least sixteen (16) years of age but
not more than sixty-four (64) years of age.
(3) The individual must be engaged in a substantial and
reasonable work effort as determined by the office and as
permitted by federal law.
(4) The individual does not have countable resources that exceed
the resource limits for the federal Supplemental Security Income
program (42 U.S.C. 1382).
(5) The individual's annual gross income does not exceed three
hundred fifty percent (350%) of the federal income poverty level
for an individual. In determining an individual's income under this
subdivision, the office may not consider the following:
(A) The income of the individual's spouse.
(B) Income disregarded under the state Medicaid plan's
financial methodology, including income disregarded under the
federal Supplemental Security Income program (42 U.S.C.
1382) as impairment related work expenses (IRWE).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.287-2001, SEC.9.