### Question
How does GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED define aid to the permanently and totally disabled?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 1355*, **aid to the permanently and totally disabled** is defined as:

> money payments to needy individuals eighteen years of age or older who are permanently and totally disabled, but does not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution) or any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1355*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER XIV-GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED**

