Supplemental Assistance for Personal Needs (SAPN) payments, established by Indiana PL 294- 2001, became effective July 1, 2002. With this enactment, eligible individuals residing in health care facilities can receive a supplemental payment from the state in an amount up to $22 per month. Payments are issued directly to the eligible individual, or if they prefer, they can have payments sent to a Representative Payee.

To be eligible for Supplemental Assistance for Personal Needs payments, individuals must be receiving Medicaid, residing in a Medicaid-certified health care facility throughout the calendar month for which the benefit is issued, and receiving a $30 reduced SSI benefit.1 For recipients who no longer meet these qualifications, ineligibility begins the month following the month in which any one of these criteria is no longer met. A deceased SAPN recipient is entitled to payment for the month of the death.2