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SSI State Supplement - Louisiana

 

Image of the Louisiana State Flag. The flag in use today originated from an 1800 design. It displays the state bird, the Eastern Brown Pelican, from the state seal, in white and gold, on a field of blue. A mother pelican is shown tearing flesh from her own breast to feed her three young. Louisiana's motto, 'UNION, JUSTICE and CONFIDENCE' is printed in blue letters on a white and gold banner below the pelicans. The pelican has been a symbol of Louisiana since the 1800's and, in fact, one of the state's nicknames is 'The Pelican State.' Early settlers in the area found pelicans to be generous and nurturing birds and it was believed that, when food was scarce, pelicans would tear at their breast with their beaks to feed some of their blood to their young. That is what is being depicted on the state flag. The flag was adopted in 1912.Louisiana provides State Supplements to Federal SSI benefit payments for residents in one of the living arrangements specified in the table below.

 

General Information

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provided the data shown in the table. Contact your local SSA Claims Representative for further details about eligibility and benefit levels. See the topic "Contacting the Social Security Administration" to find out how to get information or help from SSA.

Notes about specific items, if any, display as colored letters within brackets in the table. Their explanation directly follows the table. You may click on these colored letters within the table to jump immediately to the explanations. Use the Back button in the Help window to return to your place in the table. If additional information is available, it follows after any notes.

Unless otherwise stated, payment levels apply equally to people who are aged, people with blindness, and people with disabilities. Benefit amounts are usually adjusted annually, and become effective January 1st. The table shows monthly payment levels for calendar year 2010.

If you are using this version of WorkWORLD after January 1, 2011, you should be able to get the updated numbers from your local offices of the Bureau of Health Services Financing and/or contractors.

Definitions for specific Living Arrangement terms are provided below the table and notes. Click on the term to go to the definition.

Payment Levels

 

State Supplementation

Combined Federal/State

Living Arrangement

Individual

Couple

Individual

Couple

 

 

 

 

 

Medicaid facility [a]

$8.00

$16.00

$38.00

$76.00

Notes

[a] Up to $38 may be retained monthly as a personal needs allowance.

Living Arrangements Definitions

Living in a Medicaid facility – Includes those recipients in federal Code D who reside in non-psychiatric Medicaid facilities.

Additional Information

NOTE: See SSI State Supplement Guide to Terms for definitions of each of the below categories.

Scope of Coverage

Optional state supplement provided to every aged, blind, and disabled person including children residing in a non-psychiatric Medicaid Long Term Care facility.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

None.

Income Disregards

No disregards in addition to the Federal income disregards.

Resource Limitations

Federal SSI resource limitations apply.

Place of Application

Local offices of the Bureau of Health Services Financing and contractors.

Source

SSA Publication No. 13-11975 [latest edition available], State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2010 (released December 2010) online at:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2010/index.html

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