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California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - April 20, 2001

Item 01-04-01C
CDHS ACWDLs 01-04 January 9, 2001 and 01-22 April 3, 2001 (Synopsis): January 2001 Social Security Title II and Title XIV Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and Related Issues

January 2001 Social Security Title II and Title XIV Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and Related Issues

ACWDL 01-22 is a one page (two-sided) letter that includes as an attachment ACWDL 01-04E. ACWDL 01-04E (yellow pages) completely replaces ACWDL 01-04 because there were a few errors in that ACWDL.

These ACWDLs advise that the 2001 Social Security COLA is 3.5%. They also provide:

2001 In-kind Support and Maintenance values for computing Pickle eligibility
2001 SSI/SSP payment levels chart
2001 resource limit for Medi-Cal and Pickle cases
2001 Pickle disregard computation chart
2001 Medicare Part B premium is $50
2001 Federal Benefit Rate is $530

ACWDL 01-22 details the few errors in ACWDL 01-04. While the errors in ACWDL 01-04 are relatively minor, those who need to review or cite an ACWDL on the relevant subject matter should use 01-22 (with the 01-04E attachment) rather than 01-04.