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Combined Manual

Combined Manual


HSP BASIS - DD/MI

ISSUE DATE: 03/2026

MFIP, SNAP, MSA, GA:
No provisions.


HSP:
People have a basis of eligibility for HSP when diagnosed or certified by a qualified professional as having a developmental disability (DD) or as having a mental illness, and their condition limits their ability to work and provide self-support.

For this purpose, developmental disability means a condition that is severe and chronic AND meets ALL of the following conditions:

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Is attributable to cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and Prader-Willi syndrome and any other condition other than mental illness or emotional disturbance.

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Is found to be closely related to a developmental disability because the condition results in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of people with developmental disabilities.

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Requires treatment or services similar to that of people with developmental disabilities.

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Is manifested before the person reaches 22 years of age.

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Is likely to continue indefinitely.

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Results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity:

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Self-care.

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Understanding and use of language.

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Learning.

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Mobility.

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Self-direction.

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Capacity for independent living.


See 0010.18.05 (Verifying Disability/Incapacity - Cash), 0012.12 (Applying for Other Benefits), 0028.18.03 (Suitable/Unsuitable Work). Also see MENTAL ILLNESS in 0002.41 (Glossary: Medically Necessary...).

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PREVIOUS REVISIONS

DateNotes
08/2015 changes section title to GRH BASIS - DD/MI. In GRH adds and deletes information throughout.
10/2012 update Food Support and FS to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and FSET to SNAP E&T throughout. No policy was changed.

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