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Expand the Definition of a Public Assistance Household
The Social Security Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 19, 2024. It took effect on September 30, 2024.
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What the agency says
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.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-08364
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Social Security Administration
- Published
- April 19, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 30, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule will be effective September 30, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. SSA-2023-0015
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0960-AI81
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 20 CFR 416
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Pages
- 15
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