A person is eligible for case management services under this article when at the time of determining eligibility the person has a severe chronic limitation that: (1) is attributed to a physical impairment, including head injury, spinal cord injury, or both, or a similar disability, regardless of the age of onset but not associated with the process of a progressive degenerative illness or disease, dementia, or a neurological disorder related to aging; (2) is likely to continue indefinitely without intervention; (3) results in substantial functional limitations in at least two of these life activities: (a) self-care; (b) receptive and expressive communication; (c) learning; (d) mobility; (e) self-direction; (f) capacity for independent living; (g) economic self-sufficiency; and (4) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care or treatment or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 159, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1103.
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