WSR 07-22-022

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)

[ Filed October 26, 2007, 11:54 a.m. , effective November 26, 2007 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: The department is amending this rule to increase the state supplemental payment by $1.77 per month for state supplemental income (SSI) clients who reside in nursing facilities, residential habilitation centers, or state hospitals and who receive a personal needs allowance.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-478-0055.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-18-067 on September 4, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: October 24, 2007.

Stephanie E. Schiller

Rules Coordinator

3881.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-16-071, filed 7/28/06, effective 8/28/06)

WAC 388-478-0055   How much do I get from my state supplemental payments (SSP)?   (1) The SSP is a payment from the state for certain SSI eligible people (see WAC 388-474-0012).

     If you converted to the federal SSI program from state assistance in January 1974, because you were aged, blind, or disabled, and have remained continuously eligible for SSI since January 1974, the department calls you a grandfathered client. Social Security calls you a mandatory income level (MIL) client.

     A change in living situation, cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) or federal payment level (FPL) can affect a grandfathered (MIL) client. A grandfathered (MIL) client gets a federal SSI payment and a SSP payment, which totals the higher of one of the following:

     (a) The state assistance standard set in December 1973, unless you lived in a medical institution at the time of conversion, plus the federal cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) since then; or

     (b) The current payment standard.

     (2) The monthly SSP rates for eligible persons under WAC 388-474-0012 and individuals residing in an institution are:


SSP eligible persons Monthly SSP Rate
Individual (aged 65 and older)(( - Calendar Year 2005)) $46.00
Individual (blind as determined by SSA)(( - Calendar Year 2005)) $46.00
Individual with an ineligible spouse(( - Calendar Year 2005)) $46.00
Grandfathered (MIL) Varies by individual based on federal requirements. Payments range between $0.54 and $199.77.


Medical institution Monthly SSP Rate
Individual $((23.68)) 25.45

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 06-16-071, § 388-478-0055, filed 7/28/06, effective 8/28/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 06-01-045, § 388-478-0055, filed 12/15/05, effective 1/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 04-07-024, § 388-478-0055, filed 3/8/04, effective 4/8/04; 03-03-114, § 388-478-0055, filed 1/21/03, effective 2/23/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.057. 01-19-024, § 388-478-0055, filed 9/12/01, effective 11/1/01; 01-08-015, § 388-478-0055, filed 3/23/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090. 00-20-054, § 388-478-0055, filed 9/29/00, effective 11/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.04.057. 00-11-130, § 388-478-0055, filed 5/22/00, effective 7/1/00; 99-18-063, § 388-478-0055, filed 8/30/99, effective 10/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.04.630. 99-04-103, § 388-478-0055, filed 2/3/99, effective 3/6/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-478-0055, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. Formerly WAC 388-511-1115.]

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