42 CFR § 436.321 - Medically needy coverage of the blind.

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title: "42 CFR § 436.321 - Medically needy coverage of the blind."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "436.321"
section_name: "Medically needy coverage of the blind."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "436"
part_name: "ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS"
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authority: "Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 436.321 Medically needy coverage of the blind.

If the agency provides Medicaid to the medically needy, it may provide Medicaid to blind individuals who meet—

(a) The requirements for blindness, as specified in §§ 436.530 and 436.531; and

(b) The income and resource requirements of subpart I of this part.

[46 FR 47991, Sept. 30, 1981]