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Expand the Definition of a Public Assistance Household

SSA · ssa-disability · Published 2024-04-19 · Effective 2024-09-30 · 89 FR 28608

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Document number
2024-08364
Federal Register citation
89 FR 28608
CFR reference
20 CFR 416
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
ssa-disability
Agency
US Social Security Administration
Publication date
2024-04-19
Effective date
2024-09-30
Docket
Docket No. SSA-2023-0015

Abstract

We are finalizing our proposed rule to expand the definition of a public assistance (PA) household for purposes of our programs, particularly the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, to include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as an additional means-tested public income-maintenance (PIM) program. We are also revising the definition of a PA household from a household in which every member receives some kind of PIM payment to a household that has both an SSI applicant or recipient, and at least one other household member who receives one or more of the listed PIM payments (the any other definition). If determined to be living in a PA household, inside in-kind support and maintenance (ISM) would no longer need to be developed. The final rule will decrease the number of SSI applicants and recipients charged with ISM from others within their household. In addition, we expect this rule to decrease the amount of income we would deem to SSI applicants and recipients because we will no longer deem as income from ineligible spouses and parents who live in the same household: the value of the SNAP benefits that they receive; any income that was counted or excluded in figuring the amount of that payment; or any income that was used to determine the amount of SNAP benefits to someone else. These policy changes reduce administrative burden for low-income households and SSA.

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