State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2005
Maine
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: State Department of Health and Human Services.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: State Department of Health and Human Services.
Effective date: July 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Maine Revised Statutes, title 22, subtitle 3, part 1-A, chapter 855-A.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Local offices of the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all aged, blind, and disabled SSI recipients, including children. In addition, a small number of persons not eligible for SSI are eligible for a state supplement.
Resource limitations: Federal SSI regulations apply.
Income exclusions: Federal SSI regulations apply for all living arrangements. In addition, for those living alone, with others, or in the household of another, the state disregards an additional $55 for individuals and $80 for couples.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
| Living alone or with others | 589.00 | 884.00 | 10.00 | 15.00 |
| Living in the household of another | 394.00 | 591.34 | 8.00 | 12.00 |
| Foster home | 628.00 | 1,142.00 | 49.00 | 273.00 |
| Flat-rate boarding home | 796.00 | 1,459.00 | 217.00 | 590.00 |
| Cost-reimbursement boarding home | 813.00 | 1,505.00 | 234.00 | 636.00 |
| Medicaid facility | 40.00 | 80.00 | 10.00 | 20.00 |
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
| Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All recipients | 34,296 | -- | -- | -- |
| Living alone or with others | 32,597 | -- | -- | -- |
| Living in the household of another | 62 | -- | -- | -- |
| Foster home | 272 | -- | -- | -- |
| Flat-rate boarding home | 19 | -- | -- | -- |
| Cost-reimbursement boarding home | 33 | |||
| Medicaid facility | 1,313 | -- | -- | -- |
| NOTE: -- = not available. | ||||
State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
State Department of Health and Human Services.
Special Needs Circumstances
Licensed boarding home subsidies: When costs of care exceed total of SSI and state supplementary payments, state will pay the difference up to established maximum rates.
Medicaid
Eligibility
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: Social Security Administration.
Medically Needy Program
State provides a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The state Department of Human Services obtains this information.