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| Benefits Highlights |
Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Reminders*Waiting PeriodsIndividuals who serve a 5-month waiting period before entitlement to benefits will never be due Title II cash payments for those waiting period months. For more information see:
*Blind Work ExpensesAll blind SSI recipients who have work income that exceeds $65.00 in a month should have deductible Blind Work Expenses. If you serve someone who is blind you MUST consider BWE! For more information see:
If you have suggestions or comments, please forward directly to: Terri Uttermohlen *The
1619(b) program applies to SSI. It is not a program for individuals
who receive Medicaid through the local Medicaid agency without SSI
entitlement with one exception. That exception is the few individuals
who were receiving Medicaid under 1619(b) when their entitlement
to or an increase in a Title II benefit caused them to become ineligible
for SSI. These rare individuals have the 1619(b) earnings limit
if they receive Medicaid through this specific door. Everyone else
is subject to the earnings limit of the particular Medicaid category
to which they are entitled. For more information about which groups
exist in your state, please contact your local Medicaid agency.
For
more information about the few folks who may access the 1619(b)
state threshold when receiving Special Medicaid, see BARC the Briefing
paper: Special Medicaid Beneficiaries, Vol. 10 June, 2003. |