Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme Eligibility and Review
Eligibility
To qualify for the subsidy, an applicant's disability must be PERMANENT. The subsidy is not available to people receiving treatment or undergoing rehabilitation with the exception that in due course, the extent of their disability will then be such as to qualify into the Scheme.
The eligibility of an applicant depends on the extent or severity of the disability or mobility limitation, and must fall strictly within one of the following categories:
Ambulatory Problems
1. Unable to walk or stand. Mobile only in a wheelchair due to physical
disability: or
2. Mobile outside of home only with a wheelchair due to physical disability:
or
3. Severe and permanent ambulatory problem that cannot functionally
be improved which limits walking to an extremely limited distance.
Vision
4. Total loss of vision in both eyes or severe permanent impairment that cannot functionally be improved by correcting lenses or other treatment.
Epilepsy
5. Severe and uncontrollable epilepsy.
Intellectual
6. Severe intellectual disabilities causing behavioural
problems:
(a) resulting in socially unacceptable behaviour
(b) requiring the constant assistance of another person
for travel on public transport (including taxis)
Other Functional Disabilities
7. Severe and permanent communication difficulties which render the person incapable of travelling on public transport without the constant assistance of another person.
Applicants deemed ineligible to participate following an assessment of their application may at any time appeal to the Scheme to have their case reviewed. All requests must be in writing and accompanied by further medical evidence in support of their eligibility.
Eligibility Reviews
The Ministry may require a TTSS participant to undergo an eligibility review from time to time. This is used to determine whether the participant's disability continues to fall within the Scheme's eligibility criteria.
If selected for an eligibility review, the Ministry will inform a participant in writing. Participants are required to have their doctor complete an eligibility review form that will then be returned to the Ministry for review by the Ministry's medical adviser.
