State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2009
Arizona
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Division of Aging and Adult Services.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Division of Aging and Adult Services.
Effective date: May 9, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Arizona Revised Statutes 46:252.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: The agency is no longer taking applications.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all SSI recipients who require assistance with housekeeping. Children under age 18 are not eligible for optional supplementation.
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 calculation method: The state supplementation is added to the federal payment. Countable income is deducted first from the federal payment. Any income that remains to be counted after the federal payment has been reduced to zero is then deducted from the state supplementary payment.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
Requires housekeeping services | 744.00 | 1,081.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs; state information. | ||||
DEFINITION:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
---|---|---|---|---|
Requires housekeeping services | 266 | -- | -- | -- |
SOURCE: State information. | ||||
NOTE: -- = not available. |
Total expenditures: The state reported expenditures of $215,180 for calendar year 2008 in state-administered payments to SSI recipients.
State Assistance for Special Needs
State does not provide assistance for special needs.
Medicaid
Medical assistance is provided through a Title XIX authorized demonstration program—the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)—which is more limited in scope than Medicaid.
Eligibility
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: Social Security Administration.
Medically Needy Program
Arizona Department of Health Services provides funds for the medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.