WSR 13-22-037 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed October 31, 2013, 9:24 a.m., effective December 1, 2013] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-478-0055 How much do I get from my state supplemental payments (SSP)? and 388-478-0057 Year-end adjustment to the SSI state supplement, to:
Maintain the yearly total amount of SSP expenditures at the same level each calendar year by decreasing the amount of monthly SSP payment from $46.00 to $40.00 to SSI recipients who have an ineligible spouse, are age sixty-five or older, or are blind.
Allow the state to maintain the total SSP expenditures at the same level each year, without increase or decrease in total spending for the program.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 388-478-0055 and 388-478-0057.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-19-064 on September 17, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 30, 2013.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 08-16-067, filed 7/31/08, effective 9/1/08)
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)) to certain SSI eligible people (see WAC 388-474-0012). (2) 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))) (3) The monthly SSP ((rates)) rate standards for eligible persons under WAC 388-474-0012 and individuals residing in an institution are:
(4) We may adjust the SSP rate standards at the end of the calendar year to comply with WAC 388-478-0057.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 01-22-088, filed 11/5/01, effective 12/6/01)
WAC 388-478-0057 ((Year-end adjustments)) Adjustments to the SSI state supplement payments (SSP).
For the purposes of this rule, "we" refers to the department of social and health services. We are required by federal law to maintain the total SSI state supplement payments (SSP) at the same level each year, without an increase or decrease in total spending. ((This)) We may ((result in adjustment to)) adjust your SSI state supplement ((benefits)) payment ((at the end of the year)) amount as necessary to comply with federal law. (1) ((If)) When there are unexpended funds, you will receive a one-time ((bonus)) additional payment, usually at the end of the calendar year. (2) When there is a shortage in available funds, we will decrease your ((state supplement)) SSP benefits ((will be decreased)) to maintain the total SSP payment spending at the same level each year((. The decrease will usually be spread out over multiple months to reduce the negative impact on you)).
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