State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2009
Georgia
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Georgia Department of Human Resources.
Effective date: July 1, 2006.
Statutory basis for payment: Georgia House Bill 1027, line 2496.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: No application required. State uses computerized listing from Social Security Administration to identify eligible recipients.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all SSI recipients residing in nursing or hospice program in nursing home settings.
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 pays a supplement to individuals who reside in Medicaid facilities.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
Medicaid facility | 50.00 | 100.00 | 20.00 | 40.00 |
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 |
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Medicaid facility | 4,931 | -- | -- | -- |
SOURCE: State information. | ||||
NOTE: -- = not available. |
Total expenditures: The state reported expenditures of $621,764 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
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 Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.