factors (code de) are overlooked. Additionally, the provision of subsidies and welfare services are tied to the results of disability assessments. This leads to persons with disabilities who have substantial needs being barred from attaining disability IDs due to not meeting eligibility criteria or being limited by their level of disability. Such individuals are excluded from accessing welfare services, which does not conform to the human rights approach.3 (2) To improve upon the aforementioned issues, the MOHW is currently attempting to improve the usability of its disability assessment database and the research and analysis methodology it uses to determine whether persons with disabilities are eligible for disability IDs and to determine their degree of disability. The MOHW is also planning specific approaches and schedules to implement these improvements. The NHRC will continue to closely monitor the progress of the improvements. The NHRC also recommends that the government adjust the provision of cash subsidies (such as living subsidies, tuition reductions, insurance subsidies, etc.) and welfare services to better suit the actual needs of persons with disabilities, rather than basing eligibility on the results of qualification tests and degree of disability, to better conform with the human rights approach required by the CRPD. 13. Article 7 of the PDRPA (amended in 2007) states that local governments are required to conduct a complete assessment of the various needs of persons with disabilities. The local governments are then to provide benefits and services based on the assessment, which should create a strong, tight-knit connection between needs and services. However, the NHRC has indicated the following existing issues and concerns: (1) Per a Control Yuan investigation report4, the NHRC has discovered that since the implementation of the needs assessment system in 2012, the MOHW and regional competent authorities currently base their disability welfare and service needs assessment of those who have received disability 3 4 In response to the lack of strict adherence to ICF requirements by the MOHW, the Control Yuan approved an investigation report on March 17, 2020, and subsequently proposed correction. The Control Yuan investigation report approved on March 17, 2020 12