State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002
Hawaii
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Effective date: January 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Hawaii Revised Statutes, section 346-53(C)(1) and (2).
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Social Security Administration field offices.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to SSI recipients, including children, except those who are:
- Living in the household of another,
- Patients in medical facilities where Medicaid pays more than 50 percent of the cost of care, or
- Patients in private medical facilities not certified under Medicaid.
Payment amounts for eligible children in domiciliary care are determined on an individual basis. Recipients in medical facilities who are eligible for federal payments under section 1611(e)(1)(E) receive state optional supplementation (code A payment level) for up to 2 months.
Resource limitations: Federal SSI resource limitations apply.
Income exclusions: Federal SSI income exclusions apply.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Responsibility of relatives: None.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | State code | Combined federal and state |
State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | ||
Living independently | A | 549.90 | 825.80 | 4.90 | 8.80 |
Living in a domiciliary care facility, Level I (1 to 5 residents) | H | 1,066.90 | 2,133.80 | 521.90 | 1,316.80 |
Living in a domiciliary care facility, Level II (6 or more residents) | I | 1,174.90 | 2,349.80 | 629.90 | 1,532.80 |
DEFINITIONS:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | State code | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled | |
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Adults | Children | |||||
All recipients | 19,680 | 6,340 | 170 | 11,530 | 1,640 | |
Living independently | A | 17,590 | 5,880 | 160 | 9,930 | 1,620 |
Domiciliary care facility, Level I (1 to 5 residents) | H | 1,980 | 390 | 10 | 1,560 | 20 |
Domiciliary care facility, Level II (6 or more residents) | I | 110 | 70 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
Department of Human Services.
Special Needs Circumstances
Housing and utility deposit: One-time payment made to SSI recipients with total monthly income under $418.
Repair or replacement of stove or refrigerator: Payments made to SSI recipients with total monthly income under $418.
Emergency assistance due to natural disaster: Payments made to SSI recipients with total monthly income under $418.
Special care payments: Payments of $100 monthly are provided to SSI recipients residing in domiciliary care home who have been certified for an intermediate care facility (ICF) or skilled nursing facility but have not been placed in one because of a lack of bed space. In addition to meeting other requirements, these recipients must be wheelchair bound, incontinent, or in need of non-oral medication.
Medicaid
Eligibility
Criteria: State guidelines.
Determined by: State.
Medically Needy Program
State provides a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.