Section 12-15-41-4 - Exemptions from eligibility requirementsTo 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).As added by P.L. 287-2001, SEC.9.