State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2004
South Carolina
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
No recipients.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: State Department of Health and Human Services.
Effective date: July 1, 2001.
Statutory basis for payment: Part 1-B Proviso applicable to the Department of Health and Human Services as included in the state appropriation act each year.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Local county offices of the state Department of Social Services.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all SSI recipients and other low-income individuals who meet the state's net income exclusion and live in licensed community residential care facilities.
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 does not participate.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | Combined federal and state |
State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
Licensed community residential care facility | 912.00 | . . . | 348.00 | . . . |
NOTE: . . . =not applicable. | ||||
DEFINITION:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
---|---|---|---|---|
Licensed community residential care facility | 2,993 | 1,405 | 10 | 1,578 |
State Assistance for Special Needs
State does not provide assistance for special needs.
Medicaid
Eligibility
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: Social Security Administration.
Medically Needy Program
State does not provide a program for the medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.