(1) The SSP is a state-funded cash assistance program issued to certain individuals who the Social Security Administration (SSA) determines are eligible for supplemental security income (SSI) as described in WAC
388-474-0012.
(2) Monthly SSP rate standards for eligible persons as described in WAC
388-474-0012 are:
(a) $35.50 for:
(i) Individuals with an ineligible spouse;
(ii) Aged 65 and older;
(iii) Blind as determined by SSA; or
(iv) Disabled as determined by SSA.
(b) Between $0.54 and $199.77 for grandfathered clients as defined in
388-474-0001 and varies by individual based on federal requirements.
(c) $70.00 as of July 2023 for individuals residing in a medical institution. It is based on increasing the federal SSI personal needs allowance (PNA) of $30.00 up to the current Washington state institutional PNA standard described in subsection (5) of WAC
182-513-1105. Starting January 1, 2024, this payment increases annually by a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) determined by SSA. The current state PNA standard for institutional apple health is located at https://www.hca.wa.gov/free-or-low-cost-health-care/i-help-others-apply-and-access-apple-health/program-standard-income-and-resources.
(3) A change in living situation, COLA, or federal benefit rate (FBR) can affect a grandfathered client. A grandfathered client gets a federal SSI payment and a SSP payment, which totals the higher of one of the following:
(a) The state assistance standard set in December 1973, unless you lived in a medical institution at the time of conversion, plus the federal COLA since then; or
(b) The current payment standard.
(4) SSP rate standards may be adjusted at the end of the calendar year to comply with WAC
388-478-0057.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.500,
74.04.510,
74.08.090,
74.08A.120, and
74.08A.250. WSR 24-06-025, § 388-478-0055, filed 2/28/24, effective 4/1/24. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.500,
74.04.510,
74.08.090,
74.08A.120,
74.08A.250, and 2023 c 201. WSR 23-24-009, § 388-478-0055, filed 11/27/23, effective 12/28/23. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090 and 20 C.F.R. § 416.2095 through § 416.2099. WSR 20-23-053, § 388-478-0055, filed 11/13/20, effective 1/1/21. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057, and
74.08.090. WSR 18-24-032, § 388-478-0055, filed 11/28/18, effective 1/1/19; WSR 13-22-037, § 388-478-0055, filed 10/31/13, effective 12/1/13. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090, and 2008 c 329 § 207(8). WSR 08-16-067, § 388-478-0055, filed 7/31/08, effective 9/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090. WSR 07-22-022, § 388-478-0055, filed 10/26/07, effective 11/26/07; WSR 06-16-071, § 388-478-0055, filed 7/28/06, effective 8/28/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.057,
74.08.090. WSR 06-01-045, § 388-478-0055, filed 12/15/05, effective 1/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090. WSR 04-07-024, § 388-478-0055, filed 3/8/04, effective 4/8/04; WSR 03-03-114, § 388-478-0055, filed 1/21/03, effective 2/23/03. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090,
74.04.057. WSR 01-19-024, § 388-478-0055, filed 9/12/01, effective 11/1/01; WSR 01-08-015, § 388-478-0055, filed 3/23/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090. WSR 00-20-054, § 388-478-0055, filed 9/29/00, effective 11/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090 and
74.04.057. WSR 00-11-130, § 388-478-0055, filed 5/22/00, effective 7/1/00; WSR 99-18-063, § 388-478-0055, filed 8/30/99, effective 10/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090 and
74.04.630. WSR 99-04-103, § 388-478-0055, filed 2/3/99, effective 3/6/99. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057 and
74.08.090. WSR 98-16-044, § 388-478-0055, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. Formerly WAC 388-511-1115.]
