HAR §17-1722-18. Eligibility requirements

A specified low income medicare beneficiary shall meet all of the conditions as follows: (1) Entitled to hospital insurance benefits under the medicare program; (2) In receipt of income which does not exceed one hundred twenty per cent of the federal poverty level; (3) In possession of assets which do not exceed three times the resource limit of the supplemental security income program adjusted by the annual percentage increase in the consumer price index; and (4) Required to meet basic eligibility conditions detailed in chapter 17-1714.1 including: (A) A resident of the State; (B) A citizen of the United States or a legal resident non-citizen; (C) Not a resident of a public institution; (D) Furnish a social security number and verification of that number. [Eff 08/01/94; am 09/30/13] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §435.10; 42 U.S.C. §§1396a(a)(10)(E)(iii), 1396d(p)) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §§1396a(a)(10)(E)(iii), 1396d(p), 1395w-114(a)(3)(D))