PROGRAM OPERATIONS MANUAL SYSTEMPart SI – Supplemental Security IncomeChapter 023 – Posteligibility EventsSubchapter 02 – Continuing Benefits and Recipient Status Under Sections 1619(A) and 1619(B) for Individuals Who WorkTransmittal No. 28, 12/31/2020
Audience
Originating Component
ORDES
Effective Date
Upon Receipt
Background
POMS section has been updated to reflect agency's announcement of 2021 cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for: calculating the 2021 threshold amounts using the 2021federal payment standard rate ($794), 2020 State Supplement Payment by State; and 2018 average per capita Medicaid expenses by State.
Summary of Changes
SI 02302.200 Charted Threshold Amounts
Inserted 2021 chart to reflect the computations for each State, and subsequently moved previous years after.
NOTE: The threshold amounts in the following charts are computed in the following manner:
2 x the annual State (individual living independently) supplementation rate (if any)
+
2 x the FBR + 85 x 12 = the base amount (the annual amount of earned income it takes to reduce the annual SSI Federal Benefit to zero)
Average per capita Medicaid expenses by State
=
Threshold Amount
*Note: The 2021 threshold amounts were calculated using the 2018 average per capita Medicaid expenses by State because the 2019 data was not available.
1. State Threshold Amounts for Disabled Individuals
STATE
TWICE SUP
BASE AMT
MEDICAID
THRESHOLD
ALABAMA
0
20,076
11375
31,451
ALASKA
27,480
47,556
32615
80,171
ARIZONA
20939
41,015
ARKANSAS
18411
38,487
CALIFORNIA
3,857
23,933
23462
47,395
COLORADO
912
20,988
28453
49,441
CONNECTICUT
3,312
23,388
30321
53,709
DELAWARE
22799
42,875
D.C.
31193
51,269
FLORIDA
12566
32,642
GEORGIA
10772
30,848
HAWAII
22397
42,473
IDAHO
1,272
21,348
19424
40,772
ILLINOIS
18274
38,350
INDIANA
12321
32,397
IOWA
23665
43,741
KANSAS
23633
43,709
KENTUCKY
11986
32,062
LOUISIANA
12086
32,162
MAINE
240
20,316
21439
41,755
MARYLAND
24653
44,729
MASSACHUSETTS
2,745
22,821
20180
43,001
MICHIGAN
336
20,412
15912
36,324
MINNESOTA
1,944
22,020
47050
69,070
MISSISSIPPI
12859
32,935
MISSOURI
24244
44,320
MONTANA
15672
35,748
NEBRASKA
1,224
21,300
23327
44,627
NEVADA
874
20,950
14277
35,227
NEW HAMPSHIRE
648
20,724
21609
42,333
NEW JERSEY
750
20,826
31284
52,110
NEW MEXICO
22184
42,260
NEW YORK
2,088
22,164
32447
54,611
NO.CAROLINA
17776
37,852
NO.DAKOTA
54325
74,401
OHIO
16909
36,985
OKLAHOMA
984
21,060
16379
37,439
OREGON
23040
43,116
PENNSYLVANIA
530
20,606
25852
46,458
RHODE ISLAND
958
21,034
15406
36,440
SO.CAROLINA
13318
33,394
SO.DAKOTA
20464
40,540
TENNESSEE
14124
34,200
TEXAS
27600
47,676
UTAH
75
20,151
28619
48,770
VERMONT
1,249
21,325
12450
33,775
VIRGINIA
21323
41,399
WASHINGTON
960
21,036
20076
41,112
WEST VIRGINIA
13983
34,059
WISCONSIN
2,011
22,087
22940
45,027
WYOMING
600
20,676
22683
43,359
N.MARIANA ISL.
7,476
27,552
2. States with Separate Threshold Amounts for Blind Individuals
5,214
25,290
48,752
528
20,604
44,269
3,594
23,670
43,850
2,623
50,179
64,456
BASE + SUP
19,020
8302
27,322
8,688
27,708
28856
56,564
17295
36,315
11217
30,237
22,877
14324
37,202
19,932
13760
33,692
4,176
23,196
43616
66,812
25217
44,237
25165
44,185
11940
30,960
12137
31,157
22575
41,595
20,292
19011
39,303
8442
27,462
18982
38,002
14241
33,261
16113
35,133
11294
30,314
12903
31,923
19,260
16835
36, 095
21345
40,365
21,765
18928
40,693
19,356
16692
36,048
20,964
32190
53,154
11684
30,704
18168
37,188
13075
32,095
20,244
19262
39,506
19,894
12712
32,606
19,668
20612
40,280
300
19,320
15246
34,566
14129
33,149
21,108
24704
45,812
NORTH CAROLINA
15047
34,067
NORTH DAKOTA
28030
47,050
20666
39,686
20,004
10666
30,670
15931
34,951
19,550
18377
37,927
19,978
12787
32,765
SOUTH CAROLINA
11614
30,634
SOUTH DAKOTA
17243
36,263
21191
40,211
16161
35,181
14962
33,982
20,269
21098
41,367
17024
36,044
1,104
20,124
12996
33,120
13459
32,479
21,031
12502
33,533
19,620
17031
36,651
NO.MARIANA ISL.
24, 234
38,558
19,548
14,241
33,789
22,614
41,542
21,643
34,355
18,660
26,962
27,348
56,204
35,955
29,877
3,754
22,414
36,738
33,020
4,032
22,692
66,308
43,877
43,825
30,600
30,797
41,235
38,943
27,102
37,642
32,901
34,773
29,954
31,563
18,900
35,735
40,005
21,405
40,333
18,996
35,688
52,794
30,344
36,828
31,735
19,884
39,146
19,534
32,246
19,308
39,920
19,410
34,656
32,789
2088
20,748
45,452
33,707
46,690
39,326
19,644
30,310
34,591
19,190
37,567
19,618
32,405
30,274
35,903
39,851
34,821
34,222
19,909
41,007
35,684
19,764
32,760
32,119
20,671
33,173
36,291
5,074
23,734
38,058
19,188
33,429
22,254
41,182
21,283
33,995
18,612
$8,463
$27,075
27,300
$28,297
$55,597
$17,910
$36,522
$11,151
$29,763
22,366
$14,818
$37,184
19,212
$14,393
$33,605
22,644
$43,876
$66,520
$24,052
$42,664
$21,318
$39,930
$11,954
$30,566
$11,703
$30,315
$19,337
$37,949
$19,686
$39,570
$8,758
$27,370
$18,160
$36,772
$13,963
$32,575
$16,409
$35,021
$11,134
$29,746
$12,693
$31,305
18,852
$13,815
$32,667
$23,128
$41,740
21,357
$18,305
$39,662
$16,311
$34,923
20,556
$30,415
$50,971
$11,264
$29,876
$17,764
$36,376
$12,358
$30,970
$19,967
$38,579
19,486
$12,821
$32,307
$20,380
$39,640
19,362
$15,641
$35,003
$17,005
$35,617
20,700
$24,971
$45,671
$15,519
$34,131
$26,061
$44,673
$19,897
$38,509
19,596
$10,666
$30,262
$14,609
$33,221
19,142
$17,425
$36,567
19,570
$14,669
$34,239
$12,222
$30,834
$16,621
$35,233
$20,001
$38,613
$16,058
$34,670
$15,724
$34,936
19,861
$20,082
$39,943
$16,506
$35,118
19,716
$13,159
$32,875
$13,271
$31,883
20,623
$12,769
$33,392
$17,041
$36,253
$18,612
23,686
$38,504
19,140
$33,103
22,206
$40,511
21,235
$34,056
8,632
27,244
28,690
55,990
17,550
36,162
11,153
29,765
15,439
37,805
24
18,636
14,306
32,942
42,500
65,144
22,511
41,123
21,107
39,719
11,982
30,594
10,868
29,480
19,176
37,788
19,895
39,779
9,609
28,221
18,475
37,087
13,830
32,442
16,413
35,025
11,039
29,651
12,899
31,511
13,932
32,784
23,149
41,761
18,649
40,006
15,900
34,512
30,576
51,132
10,795
29,407
17,049
35,661
11,804
30,416
19,714
38,326
12,751
31,363
20,243
39,503
15,410
34,772
16,614
35,226
26,799
47,499
15,486
34,098
25,392
44,004
19,302
37,914
10,702
30,298
14,486
33,098
16,679
35,821
14,777
34,347
11,942
30,554
360
18,972
17,667
36,639
18,500
37,112
15,677
34,289
15,850
34,462
19,404
39,265
15,931
34,543
19,572
12,400
31,972
12,735
31,347
12,999
33,622
16,922
36,134
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
BASE +SUP
39,125
32,970
40,855
33,986