To be eligible for community care for aged and disabled services the applicant/client must:     
       (1) be categorically eligible by receiving supplemental security income, aid to families with dependent children, food stamps, Medicaid, specified low-income Medicare beneficiary (SLMB), or qualified Medicare beneficiary (QMB) benefits; or      
       (2) be income eligible. The applicant/client's and spouse's countable income must be equal to or less than the income limit set by the department. For an individual, this amount is the same as the special income limit set for institutional care (medical assistance only) by the Texas Legislature. For a couple, the income limit is twice the special income limit.      
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §271.53 adopted to be effective February 1, 1989, 13 TexReg 5751; amended to be effective December 1, 1990, 15 TexReg 5504; amended to be effective January 1, 1992, 16 TexReg 6860; amended to be effective September 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 4645; transferred effective September 15, 2023, as published in the August 18, 2023, issue of the Texas Register, 48 TexReg 4523