California Department of Social Services - State Hearings
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Notes from the Training Bureau - May 3, 1999
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Item 99-05-01G CDHS ACWDL 98-62 -- December 14, 1998 (Synopsis): January 1999 Social Security Title II and Title XVI Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) and Related Issues |
This ACL states that the Social Security COLA effective January 1999 is 1.3%. This ACL also provides:
Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) cash grant levels in an enclosure;
the 1999 resource limit for both Medi-Cal and Pickle cases;
the 1999 Pickle disregard computation chart;
the 1999 Medicare Part B Premium ($45.50);
the 1999 Federal Benefit Rate ($500 for an aged, blind or disabled individual in an independent living arrangement);
the 1999 In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) Values for Computing Pickle Eligibility.