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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED MEDICAID MANUAL

MA-1100 AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED

SSI MEDICAID – COUNTY DSS RESPONSIBILITY

2 REISSUED 11/01/11 – CHANGE NO. 17-11 (I.A.) 4. Multiple Person Application (MAF, MIC, AAF)

a. Continue to process the application for the remaining individuals in the application.

b. Do not count the SSI individual's needs, income, or resources beginning with the month of SSI Medicaid authorization. Recalculate the deductible, if applicable.

c. Adjust the maintenance allowance for the remaining applicants effective the month the SSI individual's needs are deleted.

B. SSI Approval with Authorized Single Person Case in EIS

1. Each individual in an authorized single person case in EIS (except HSF, SA, AAF payment type 5) who begins to receive SSI is identified to the county dss on the DHREJ SSI MED CREATED/MODIFIED Report. The message is: CAS TRM- EIS has created an SSI Medicaid case. This report is generated in XPTR each time EIS is modified as a result of an SSI approval. Refer to EIS 4200 for additional information on the report.

2. When a single individual who is already authorized in EIS in any aid program/category is approved for SSI no further action is required.

3. For a married individual whose spouse is receiving non-SSI Medicaid:

a. React to the change in 30 days.

b. Treat the spouse as a budget unit of one.

c. Delete the SSI individual's needs, income, and resources from the spouse's budget effective the month of SSI Medicaid authorization. Apply the Maintenance Allowance adjustment.

d. Refer to MA-2340, Change in Situation, for instructions on deleting a budget unit member.