§ 1303. State aid to the disabled
(a) State aid to the disabled shall be granted to a person who meets the eligibility requirements of section 1301 of this title and who in addition:
(1) is permanently and totally disabled as defined in Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended; and
(2) is not, at the date of receiving aid, an inmate of any public institution.
(b) An individual is also considered disabled for purposes of this chapter if he or she was disabled as defined under this chapter and the regulations in effect under this chapter on December 31, 1973 and received aid under this chapter for December 1973, so long as he or she has been, since that time, continuously disabled. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 3; amended 1973, No. 75, § 3, eff. date, see note under § 1301 of this title; 1973, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. May 20, 2014.)