Section 120.317 Supplemental Payments

Section 120

Section 120.317  Supplemental

Payments

a)         MANG(AABD)

State

Supplemental Payments (SSP) shall be available to supplement the income of

those individuals whose age, disability, or blindness would (apart from

consideration of income) satisfy the eligibility factors of the Federal SSI

program.  Eligibility shall not exist if SSI payments would be higher in the

absence of the SSP payments, or if the individual refuses or neglects to make

application for assistance from SSI when so directed by the Department. Receipt

of SSI is not a requirement of eligibility for SSP. Having made application for

SSI benefits is an eligibility requirement for receipt of SSP; however denial

of the SSI application does not preclude ineligibility for SSP unless SSI was

denied due to a finding of "not aged", "not blind" or

"not disabled".  An individual determined by SSA as not aged, blind

or disabled, is not eligible for SSP.

b)         MANG(C)

An individual

who is eligible for either MANG(C) or SSP shall have a choice between the two

programs.  In no instance may that individual receive both MANG(C) and SSP.