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

Item 01-07-01G
CDSS ACL 01-35 --June 18, 2001 (Synopsis): CalWORKs Treatment of SSI Recipients Participating Under Provisions of §1619(b) of the Social Security Act

CalWORKs Treatment of SSI Recipients Participating Under Provisions of §1619(b) of the Social Security Act

The §1619(b) program enables certain disabled individuals to earn up to their "reasonable equivalent earnings threshold" to meet their needs and remain eligible for SSI Medi-Cal. These individuals, who have earnings over the allowable limit are ineligible to receive the SSI payment, but retain SSI Medi-Cal eligibility.

For purposes of MPP §§44-133.21 and 82.832.1(e), a person who "receives SSI/SSP" or "is an SSI/SSP recipient", shall include those persons who have special SSI status under §1619(b). As SSI recipients, such persons are excluded from the CalWORKs AU. Income and resources are treated the same as other SSI recipients (i.e., they are not counted for the AU).