OPTIONAL STATE MEDICAID DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS INDEPENDENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 4724. OPTIONAL STATE MEDICAID DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS INDEPENDENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. (a) In General.—Section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 1396a) as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(v) (1) A State plan may provide for the making of determinations of disability or blindness for the purpose of determining eligibility for medical assistance under the State plan by the single State agency or its designee, and make medical assistance available to individuals whom it finds to be blind or disabled and who are determined otherwise eligible for such assistance during the period of time prior to which a final determination of disability or blind-104 STAT. 1388–195 ness is made by the Social Security Administration with respect to such an individual. In making such determinations, the State must apply the definitions of disability and blindness found in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act.”.