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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL, SECTION B
B 300 AidtotheAged,BlindandDisabled(AABD) Eligibility Groups
B-340 Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/SSI Related Groups MS Manual 01/01/22 The SSI groups are SSI eligibles or special groups that lost their SSI due to SSA cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases, receipt of widow or widowers’ benefits, or entitlement to or an increase in their Disabled Adult Child (DAC) benefits. These groups are described below.
B-341 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cash Eligibles MS Manual 01/01/22 This group consists of individuals who have been determined eligible for SSI benefits by the Social Security Administration (SSA). They are eligible for the full range of Health Care benefits and services.
B-342 Eligible Due to Disregard of Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Increases (Pickle) MS Manual 01/01/22 This group consists of individuals who become ineligible for SSI payments due to Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases. It also includes individuals who lost SSI for any reason, if the individual would be SSI eligible today by disregard of all COLAs received on SSA benefits since the loss of SSI. The individual must have previously been entitled to SSA and eligible for SSI concurrently in at least one (1) month after April 1977. Individuals in this group must be current SSA recipients. They are eligible for the full range of Health Care benefits and services.
B-343 Health Care for Widows and Widowers with Disabilities (COBRA) MS Manual 01/01/22 This group consists of widows and widowers with a disability who became entitled to receive SSA benefits between fifty (50) and fifty-nine (59) years of age, entitled to SSA for December 1983 and lost SSI benefits after January 1984 due to an increase in SSA widow’s orwidower’s benefits due to elimination of a benefits reduction factor. The individual must have continuously received widow’s or widower’s benefits since their SSI benefits were terminated and would be eligible for SSI if the amount of the 1984 reduction factor increase and any subsequent COLA increases were disregarded.