423-3 APPLICANTS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER STATES

423-3 APPLICANTS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER STATES

423-3 A. OTHER STATE'S SSI SUPPLEMENT

The case worker must question applicants who have recently arrived in Alaska from other states about whether they received assistance from their previous state of residence. If the applicant was receiving a state supplement or Medicaid benefits from another state, the applicant must provide proof that assistance from the other state has ended. Eligibility for Adult Public Assistance cannot begin until the other state's benefits end.

1. SSA Administers the Other State’s SSI Supplement

In some states, SSA determines eligibility and disburses payments for the state supplement as part of the SSI administrative process. States may also choose to have SSA determine Medicaid eligibility for SSI recipients. The APA program must honor SSI residency determinations when determining Alaska residency for individuals receiving a state supplement or Medicaid benefits from these states. If the SSI program lists another state as the applicant's state of residence for a particular benefit month, and SSI paid a state supplement or determined Medicaid eligibility for that month, the other state is considered as the state of residence for that month. To change the state of residence to Alaska, the applicant must notify SSI that he or she is now a resident of Alaska. Alaska residency will exist beginning with the month that SSI determines that Alaska became the applicant's new state of residence.

2. The Other State Administers Its Own SSI State Supplement

In other states (like Alaska), the state administers its own state supplement and makes its own Medicaid determinations. Persons receiving a state supplement from a state of this type are not eligible to receive APA benefits in Alaska for the same month. However, if an applicant can prove that he or she will not receive the other state's supplement for a particular month, or that he or she has returned the other state's supplement for that month, then eligibility for APA for that month may exist.

Note: If an APA applicant is receiving SSI has an address with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that is not in the State of Alaska, the application must be pended for the applicant to change their address with the SSA unless it can be confirmed with the SSA that the out of state address is only due to a protective payee and that the client actually lives in Alaska. If the applicant is not an SSI recipient, the application can be authorized and the applicant must to be told to change their address with SSA .

423-3 B. OTHER STATE'S MEDICAID BENEFITS

Persons who receive Medicaid benefits from another state are not eligible to receive Medicaid benefits from Alaska for the same month. (Refer to MAGI Medicaid manual section 809-F for additional details.)