Eligibility of Permanently Disabled Unmarried Son of
a CGHS Beneficiary to avail CGHS Facility
No. 4-24/96-C&P/CGHS (P)/EHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
EHS Section
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dated: the 7th May, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Eligibility of Permanently Disabled
Unmarried Son of a, CGHS Beneficiary to avail CGHS
facility - Reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry's
Office
Memoranda of even number dated 31.05.2007, 29.08.2007
and. 02.08.2010
vide which the entitlement of the son of a CGHS
beneficiary beyond the
age of 25 years was conveyed. As per the two Office
Memoranda under
reference, it was indicated that an unmarried son of a
CGHS beneficiary
suffering from any permanent disability of any kind
(physical or mental)
will be entitled to CGHS facility even after attaining
the age of 25
years.
2. Since then this Ministry is in receipt of several
representations for inclusion of more conditions in ,
view of
modification to the PWD Act, 1995 by "The Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016 (Act No. 49 of 2016)" as
notified by WHO Law and
Justice, Govt. of India on 27.12.2016. The matter has
been reviewed by
the Ministry and it is now decided that for the purpose
of extending the
CGHS benefits to dependent unmarried son of CGHS
beneficiary beyond 25
years of age , the definition of 'Permanent
Disability' shall include
the following conditions:
I. Physical disability:
A. Locomotor disability including
a) Leprosy cured person-
suffering from loss of sensation in hands or feet as
well as loss of
sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with
no manifest
deformity or suffering from manifest deformity and
paresis or having
extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age
which prevents
him/her from gainful occupation
b) Cerebral palsy - caused by damage to one or
more specific areas of the brain usually occurring
before, during or immediately after birth.
c) Dwarfism- a medical genetic condition
resulting inLan adult height of 147 cms or less;
d) Muscular dystrophy - a. group of hereditary
genetic muscle diseases characterized by progressive
skeletal muscle weakness
e) Acid attack victims - disfigured due to‘
violent assaults by throwing acid or similar corrosive
substance
B. Visual impairment:
a) Blindness - where a person has any of the
following conditions alter best correction:
(i) Total absence of sight or
(ii) Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200
(Snellen) in the better eye with best possible
correction
(iii) Limitation of field of vision subtending an angle
of less than 10 degree
b) "
Low vision" means any of the following
conditions:
(i)
visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60
upto 3/60 upto
10/200 (Snellen) in the bettereye with best possible
corrections; or
(ii) limitation of the field. of vision subtending an
angle of less than 40 degree upto 10 degree
C. Hearing Impairment
(a) "
deaf" means persons having 70 db hearin g
loss in speech frequencies in both ears;
(b) "
hard of hearing" means persons having 60 db
to 70 db hearing loss in speech frequencies in both
ears;
D. "
Speech and Language disability"
- permanent disability arising out of conditions such
as Laryngectomy
or aphasia affecting one or more components of speech
and language due
to organic or neuronal causes.
II. Intellectual disability-
characterized by significant limitation both in
intellectual
functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and
in adaptive
behavior , which cover a range of every day, social and
practical skills
, including, social and practical skills , including-
(a) "
Specific language disabilities"
a heterogeneous group of conditions Wherein there is
deficit in
processing language, spoken. or written, that may
manifest itself as a
difficulty to comprehend, speak, read, write, spell, or
to do the
mathematical calculations and includes conditions such
as perceptual
disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia,
dyspraxia and
developmental aphasia
(b) "
Autism spectrum disorder"
- a neuro-developmental disorder typically appearing
in the first three
years of life that significantly affects a person’s
ability to
communicate, understand. relationships and relate to
others, and
frequently associated with unusual or stereotypical
rituals or
behaviour.
III. Mental behaviour
"
Mental illness"-
a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception,
orientation or
memory that grossly impairs judgement, behaviour,
capacity to recognize
reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of
life, but does not
include retardation.
IV. Mental Retardation
V. Disability caused due to
(a) Chronic neurological conditions such as
(i) Multiple Sclerosis
(ii) Parkinson's disease
(b) Blood disorder
(i) Haemophila
(ii) Thalassemia
(iii) Sickle Cell Disease
VI. Multiple Dis-abilities ( more than "one of the
above disabilities)- including deaf blindness
3.
Bench Mark Disability-
unmarried permanently disabled and financially
dependent sons of CGHS
beneficiaries suffering 40% or more of one or more-
disabilities as
certified by a Medical Board shall be eligible to avail
CGHS facilities
even after attaining the age of 25 years.
4. This OM will be effective from the date or its
issue.
Sd/-
(Rajeev Attri)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Source:
CGHS.GOV.IN
