To be permanently and totally disabled within this agency's definition means that
the individual has some permanent physical or mental impairment, disease or loss that
precludes him from engaging in any useful or gainful occupation, such as holding a
job or homemaking, and results in his being unfeasible for vocational rehabilitation.
Useful or gainful employment as used in this definition means activities which result
in housekeeping and performing the activities of daily living or which produce income
either in kind, cash or services. Activities carried out as a hobby or part of occupational
therapy are not considered as gainful occupation. Homemaking involves ability to carry
the home management and decision-making responsibilities and provide essential services
within the home for at least one person in addition to one's self.
Senate Bill No. 454, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967 states in
part “Assistance to the Permanently and Totally Disabled shall be given under the provisions
of this Act to any needy person...who is permanently and totally disabled as hereinafter
defined.... The term “permanently and totally disabled”, as used in this Act means that the individual has a permanent physical or mental
impairment, disease, or loss, or a combination of such which is verifiable by medical
findings, which is irreversible, or progressive, and not amenable to treatment, or
requires treatment that is continuous, extremely hazardous or of questionable benefit,
and renders the individual totally disabled, as demonstrated by the fact that he is
restricted in his performance of usual activities of daily living to the extent that
he requires services or the presence of another person in performing these activities,
and which permanently precludes the applicant from engaging in a useful occupation
as a homemaker or as a wage earner.”