Eligiblity Quiz
Are you opening a PA ABLE Savings Program account for yourself or another person?
Yourself
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Who are you opening the account for?
An adult with legal
capacity to enter contracts
A minor child
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Are you an adult who is the intended beneficiary's power of attorney, legal guardian or conservator, spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or representative payee?
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Does the beneficiary have a qualified disability that began prior to the 26th birthday?
Yes
No
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Are you entitled to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI
) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI
) because of your disability?
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No
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Is the intended beneficiary entitled to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI
) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI
) because of a disability?
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No
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Has your condition lasted, or is it expected to last, more than 12 continuous months or result in death?
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Is the intended beneficiary legally blind OR have a severe physical or mental impairment?
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No
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Has the intended beneficiary’s condition lasted, or is expected to last, more than 12 continuous months or result in death?
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No
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Based on your responses, it appears that you may be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account. However, you must have a written diagnosis signed by a physician who meets SSA criteria regarding your disability and you must be able to provide it, if requested. You will not need to submit it with your enrollment form.
Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
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Based on your responses, it appears that that the intended beneficiary may be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account. However, he or she must have a written diagnosis signed by a physician who meets SSA criteria regarding his or her disability and must be able to provide it, if requested. You will not need to submit it with your enrollment form.
Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
Start OverBased on your responses, it appears that you may be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account. Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
Start OverBased on your responses, it appears that the intended beneficiary may be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account. Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
Start OverBased on your responses, it appears that you may not be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account. Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
Start OverBased on your responses, it appears that the intended beneficiary may not be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account. Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
Start OverBased on your responses, it appears that you may not be eligible to open a PA ABLE Savings Program account for the intended beneficiary. Please call us at 855-529-2253 with any additional questions or to talk with a customer service representative.
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Please Note: The PA ABLE Savings Program customer service call center will be closing at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2017, and will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.
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PA ABLE Eligibility Overview
Learn about who can open and save with a PA ABLE account.
An "Eligible Individual" Qualified To Have An ABLE Account Must Meet Two Requirements
- You must have a qualifying disability. Demonstrated by one of the following:
- Entitlement to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits based on blindness or disability; or
- Entitlement to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits based on blindness or disability; or
- Self-certification of a similarly severe disability, if not entitled to SSI or SSDI. Demonstrated by the following:
- Blindness as defined by the Social Security Act (SSA); or
- A medically determinable physical or mental impairment with marked and severe function limitation that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 continuous months or result in death; and
- Have a written disability-related diagnosis signed by a physician.
- The qualifying disability must have started prior to age 26.
*During enrollment, documentation is not required. Keep records that support eligibility should a state or federal agency request them.
Who Can Open A PA ABLE Account?
An Eligible Individual who is an adult with legal capacity to enter into contracts can open the account for themselves but may also choose to have any other person open and manage the account (“Authorized Individual”).
If the Eligible Individual is a minor or an adult without the legal capacity to enter into contracts, accounts must be opened by an Authorized Individual from the list below, with this order of priority and accompanying documentation.
Authorized Individual | |
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Relationship to Account Owner | Required Documentation |
1. Power of Attorney | Power of Attorney documentation |
2. Legal Guardian or Conservator | Court order or other documentation granting guardianship of the estate or conservatorship |
3. Spouse | Marriage certificate |
4. Parent | Birth certificate of Account Owner |
5. Sibling | Birth certificates of Account Owner and sibling. For stepsiblings and half-siblings, any documentation that shows the relationship between the account owner and prospective Authorized Individual |
6. Grandparent | Birth certificates of Account Owner and the parent of the Account Owner who is the child of the grandparent who wishes to be Authorized Individual |
7. Representative Payee | Letter from Social Security Administration granting Representative Payee status |
For accounts opened for a minor or an adult without the legal capacity to enter into contracts, the Authorized Individual should confirm that there are no other individuals who are willing and able to manage the account who have higher priority in the list above.
Additionally, another person with a higher priority, and who provides required documentation, may become the named Authorized Individual on an account.
See Overview FAQs for additional information.

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