Eligibility for 1972 COLA Clients; OSIPM

A client is eligible for OSIPM if he or she meets all eligibility requirements except that his or her income exceeds the income limit because of an SSB cost-of-living increase in July 1972, and if:

(1) The client was entitled to receive SSB in August 1972 and received benefits under OSIPM or a state program for the aged, blind or disabled, or were eligible for such a program; or

(2) The client would have been eligible for SSB if he or she had not resided in a medical facility.