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BEM 660 2 of 4 STATE SSI PAYMENT BPB 2021-026 10-1-2021

BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

SSPs are not issued for 1619 Recipients.

1619 Recipients - Certain blind or disabled SSI recipients who work and have too much income for an SSI cash grant may be eligible for continued MA coverage.SSP benefits are issued quarterly. These benefits are paid the last month of each quarter. The yearly quarters are: • January through March. • April through June. • July through September. • October through December. Payments are processed by recipient ID digit ending; see RFS 106 (Reference Schedules Manual). SSP warrants are issued to the individual or payee account designated by the SSA. Death of Recipient See BAM 505 for processing returned benefits. Notify the local Social Security Administration office of the recipients death if you believe they do not have that information. Representative Payee The Social Security Administration designates the representative payee. However, if the SSA does not notify the MDHHS of a change in payee or the recipient becomes his/her own payee, a change or deletion can be done on Bridges. Recoupment Follow Benefit Overissuance policy in BAM 700. Note: The State SSI Payment program cannot be entered onto the Automated Recoupment System. If recoupment is indicated follow local office accounting procedures for manual recoupments. Mandatory SSI Recipients Mandatory SSI recipients are those clients who were receiving ben- efits under the state administered aged, blind and disabled pro- grams that were taken over by the federally administered SSI