EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2008.
Purpose: The department is amending by emergency rule WAC 388-478-0055 How much do I get from my state supplemental payments (SSP)?
This amendment is necessary to update the state supplemental payment standard for residents of medical institutions effective July 2008 monthly issuance to meet requirements of the state budget as allowed under ESHB 2687, section 207.
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, and 74.08A.320.
Other Authority: ESHB 2687.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: The amendment needs to be made via an emergency rule filing because the ESHB 2687, section 8 requires the state supplemental payment update to be effective by July 1, 2008.
The department is concurrently working on the regular rule-filing process. A CR-101 was filed on April 21, 2008, as WSR 08-09-106 and a CR-102 was filed on June 12, 2008, as WSR 08-13-047.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: June 20, 2008.
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
3965.1If 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) | $46.00 | |
| Individual (blind as determined by SSA) | $46.00 | |
| Individual with an ineligible spouse | $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 | $(( |
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[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 07-22-022, § 388-478-0055, filed 10/26/07, effective 11/26/07; 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.]