A suspension of SSI benefits is required when a recipient is not eligible. It is always effective the first day of a month. For example, if the effective date is January 1, that entire
month of January is the first suspension month. Generally, a recipient has 12 consecutive
months after the effective date of a suspension to have benefits reinstated if they
are eligible again. A recipient may have more than 12 months to have benefits reinstated
when a condition in SI 02301.205B.2 applies.
Section 689 of Public Law 109-163, effective January 6, 2006, provides that blind
and disabled children of military personnel stationed overseas have 24 months (instead
of the 12 month suspension period) to have payments reinstated after a suspension,
see SI 00501.415. It also provides that military-related individuals who become SSI ineligible as
a result of their spouse or parent(s) being called to active military duty (including
the Reserve or National Guard) have 24 consecutive months after the suspension (instead
of 12 month suspension period) to have benefits reinstated without having to file
a new application. Military-related individuals are aged, blind or disabled spouses
residing in the United States or blind or disabled children residing in the United
States or overseas. These individuals affected by PL 109-163 may have more than 24
months if SI 02301.205B.2 applies.
NOTE: SI 01310.170 explains how deeming applies when the deemor is absent from the household due to
military service.