State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2004
New Mexico
NOTE: This information is for 2002. The state did not provide information for 2004.
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: State-administered through the county offices of the state Department of Human Services.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: State-administered through the county offices of the state Department of Human Services.
Effective date: July 1, 1976.
Statutory basis for payment: Chapter 51, Laws of 1976.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: County offices of the state Department of Human Services.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all SSI recipients who reside in a licensed adult residential care home.
Resource limitations: Federal SSI regulations apply.
Income exclusions: Federal SSI regulations apply.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Financial responsibility of relatives: None.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
| Living arrangement | Combined federal and state |
State supplementation | ||
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| Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
| Licensed adult residential care home | 664.00 | 1,046.00 | 100.00 | 200.00 |
| NOTES: Payment amounts are estimates based on the federal benefit rates for 2004.
Unless otherwise stated, payment levels apply equally to the aged, blind, and disabled. Recipients living in a Medicaid facility who have other sources of income are allowed to keep $45 a month as a personal needs allowance. Recipients living in an intermediate care facility for mental retardation and working in a sheltered workshop can keep up to $100 a month of their earnings in addition to the $45 a month.
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
| Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
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| Licensed adult residential care home | 199 | -- | -- | -- |
| NOTES: Data are for 2002. The state did not provide data for 2004.
-- = not available.
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State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
County offices of the state Department of Human Services (state-administered).
Special Needs Circumstances
Burial expenses provided for SSI recipients, including disabled recipients who received special monthly benefits under section 1619(a) of the Social Security Act. Payment of up to $200 toward funeral expenses if available resources of the deceased are insufficient to cover costs and no other person will assume expenses. No payment is made when resources available from all sources total $600 or more.
Medicaid
Eligibility
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: Social Security Administration.
Medically Needy Program
State does not provide a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.