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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 177 Chapter 4 Income

4.11.7.A.1 Method 1 Step 1: Determine the last month and year in which the client received Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI) in the same month. Step 2: Using Appendix E, find the percentage that applies to that year and multiply the current RSDI amount for the client and/or his financially responsible parent or spouse by that percentage. Round down to the nearest dollar. Step 3: Add any other current countable income using the budgeting methods in Section 4.6.1. Step 4: Apply the disregards and deductions from Section 4.14.2 for SSI-Related Medicaid. If the remaining amount is less than the current SSI maximum payment, the client is income eligible. ➢ PAC Method 1 Examples Example 1: Mr. Daffodil received RSDI and SSI at the same time for several years until his SSI stopped in December 2012. His current RSDI amount is $909, and he has no other income. Using the 2012 multiplier found in Appendix E, $909 X .880 = $799. After applying the $20 disregard, the countable income is $779, which is less than the current SSI payment rate of $794. He is income eligible as a PAC. Example 2: Ms. Aster, age 55 and single, has assets of less than $2,000. Her current RSDI amount is $913 and she has no other income. She first applied for RSDI and SSI in October 2008. She was approved and paid for SSI beginning October 2008 through December 2008. In December 2008, she received her first RSDI check that resulted in the loss of SSI payments. Using the multiplier for 2008 found in Appendix E, $913 X .802 = $732. Ms. Aster qualifies for PAC. NOTE: An individual who received SSI and was found retroactively eligible for RSDI is considered to have received SSI and RSDI in the same month. RSDI payments are received the month following the month of entitlement. For example the RSDI entitlement for December is received in January.