(5) home health care services; (6) private duty nursing services; (7) physical therapy and related services; (8) dental services; (9) laboratory and X-ray services; (10) prescribed drugs, eyeglasses, dentures, and prosthetic devices; (11) diagnostic, screening, and preventive services; and (12) any other medical care or remedial care recognized under State law; except that such term does not include any such payments with respect to care or services for any individual who is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution). TITLE XVI-SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED Sec. 1601. Purpose; appropriations- Sec. 1602. Basic eligibility for benefits---- PART A-DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS Sec. 1611. Eligibility for and amount of benefits.. Page 1 377 378 378 378 378 (c) Period for determination of benefits.. 379 379 (e) Limitation on eligibility of certain individuals_---- 379 381 (g) Certain individuals deemed to meet resources test_-. 381 381 (f) Income and resources of individuals other than eli Sec. 1615. Rehabilitation services for blind and disabled individuals__ Sec. 1616. Optional State Supplementation____ Sec. 1617. Cost-of-living adjustments in benefits__. Sec. 1618. Operation of State supplementation programs_ Sec. 1631. Payments and procedures- 396 (a) Payment of benefits.. 396 (b) Overpayments and underpayments. 397 (c) Hearings and review__. 397 (d) Procedures; prohibitions of assignments; representa- 398 (e) Applications and furnishing of information. 399 400 (g) Reimbursement to States for interim assistance pay Section 1601. For the purpose of establishing a national program to provide supplemental security income to individuals who have attained age 65 or are blind or disabled, there are authorized to be appropriated sums sufficient to carry out this title. 1 This table of contents does not appear in the law. 71-402 O-77-25 Basic Eligibility for Benefits Section 1602. Every aged, blind, or disabled individual who is determined under part A to be eligible on the basis of his income and resources shall, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this title, be paid benefits by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Part A-Determination of Benefits Eligibility for and Amount of Benefits Definition of Eligible Individual Sec. 1611. (a) (1) Each aged, blind, or disabled individual who does not have an eligible spouse and— (A) whose income, other than income excluded pursuant to section 1612 (b), is at a rate of not more than $1,752 (or, if greater, the amount determined under section 1617)1 for the calendar year 1974 or any calendar year thereafter, and (B) whose resources, other than resources excluded pursuant to section 1613 (a), are not more than (i) in case such individual has a spouse with whom he is living, $2,250, or (ii) in case such individual has no spouse with whom he is living, $1,500, shall be an eligible individual for purposes of this title. (2) Each aged, blind, or disabled individual who has an eligible spouse and (A) whose income (together with the income of such spouse), other than income excluded pursuant to section 1612(b), is at a rate of not more than $2,628 (or, if greater, the amount determined under section 1617) for the calendar year 1974, or any calendar year thereafter, and (B) whose resources (together with the resources of such spouse), other than resources excluded pursuant to section 1613 (a), are not more than $2,250, shall be an eligible individual for purposes of this title. Amounts of Benefits (b) (1) The benefit under this title for an individual who does not have an eligible spouse shall be payable at the rate of $1,752 (or, if greater, the amount determined under section 1617)1 for the calendar year 1974 and any calendar year thereafter, reduced by the amount of income, not excluded pursuant to section 1612 (b), of such individual. (2) The benefit under this title for an individual who has an eligible spouse shall be payable at the rate of $2,628 (or, if greater, the amount determined under section 1617) for the calendar year 1974 and 1 $1 892.40 effective July, 1975. (40 F.R. 22289); $2.013.60 ($167.80 per month) effective July 1976 (41 F.R. 19999). $2,839.20 effective July, 1975. (40 F.R. 22289); $3,021.60 ($251.80 per month) effective July 1976 (41 F.R. 19999). any calendar year thereafter, reduced by the amount of income, not excluded pursuant to section 1612(b), of such individual and spouse. Period for Determination of Benefits (c) (1) An individual's eligibility for benefits under this title and the amount of such benefits shall be determined for each quarter of a calendar year except that, if the initial application for benefits is filed in the second or third month of a calendar quarter, such determinations shall be made for each month in such quarter. Eligibility for and the amount of such benefits for any quarter shall be redetermined at such time or times as may be provided by the Secretary. (2) For purposes of this subsection an application shall be considered to be effective as of the first day of the month in which it was actually filed. Special Limits on Gross Income (d) The Secretary may prescribe the circumstances under which, consistently with the purposes of this title, the gross income from a trade or business (including farming) will be considered sufficiently large to make an individual ineligible for benefits under this title. For purposes of this subsection, the term "gross income" has the same meaning as when used in chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Limitation on Eligibility of Certain Individuals (e) (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and (C), no person shall be an eligible individual or eligible spouse for purposes of this title with respect to any month if throughout such month he is an inmate of a public institution.1 (B) In any case where an eligible individual or his eligible spouse (if any) is, throughout any month, in a hospital, extended care facility, nursing home, or intermediate care facility receiving payments (with respect to such individual or spouse) under a State plan approved under title XIX, the benefit under this title for such individual for such month shall be payable (i) at a rate not in excess of $300 per year (reduced by the amount of any income not excluded pursuant to section 1612(b)) in the case of an individual who does not have an eligible spouse; 1 Subparagraph (A) was amended by section 505 (a) of P.L. 94-566. |