Federal benefit rate definition

Federal benefit rate or “FBR” means the amount of the monthly cash assistance authorized for the recipients of the SSI program. The FBR is the SSI income eligibility standard, as adjusted for the number of cash recipients, living arrangement and SSP levels as indicated in the table in §
Federal benefit rate. (FBR) means the supplemental security income (SSI) current payment standard published annually by the social security administration.
Federal benefit rate means the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income payment rate for an eligible person or a married couple.

Examples of Federal benefit rate in a sentence

  • Establishes a schedule for paying retroactive SSI payment amounts that exceed 12 times the Federal benefit rate (FBR) plus the State supplement level.

  • Effective July 1, 1987, disabled or blind recipients who were receiving special SSI payments or had special SSI recipient status under section 1619 in the month preceding the first full month of institutionalization, may receive pay- ments based on the full Federal benefit rate for the initial 2 full months of insti- tutionalization if they reside in certain public or private Medicaid facilities.

  • When both of you live in another person’s house- hold throughout a month and receive food and shelter from that person, we apply the one-third reduction to the Federal benefit rate for a couple (§ 416.1131).

  • We value the in-kind support and main- tenance using the Federal benefit rate for the month in which you receive it.

  • Table V.A1 presents a history of legislation affecting the Federal benefit rate.

  • The one living in another person’s house- hold is eligible at an eligible individ- ual’s Federal benefit rate and one-third of that rate is counted as income not subject to any income exclusions.

  • If the pre- sumed value rule applies to both of you, we value any food or shelter you and your spouse receive at one-third of the Federal benefit rate for a couple plus the amount of the general income exclusion (§ 416.1124(c)(12)), unless you can show that their value is less as de- scribed in § 416.1140(a)(2).

  • Exception: For the first 2 months for which a cost-of-living adjustment ap- plies, we value in-kind support and maintenance you receive using the VTR or PMV based on the Federal ben- efit rate as increased by the cost-of-liv- ing adjustment.Example: Mr. Jones receives an SSI benefit which is computed by subtracting one-third from the Federal benefit rate.

  • Generally, noncitizens who entered the country before 1998 did so under the old version of the affidavit.3 Under the old version of the affidavit, deeming of the sponsor’s income and resources lasts until the non- citizen has been in the United States for 3 years.4 The law provides living allowances equal to the Federal benefit rate for the sponsor as well as allowances equal to one-half of the FBR for each of the sponsor’s dependents.

  • For purposes of the trust provisions of section 1613(e) of the Act, undue hardship exists in a month if:• failure to receive SSI payments would deprive the individual of food or shelter; and• the individual's available funds do not equal or exceed the Federal benefit rate (FBR) plus any federally administered State supplement.NOTE: Inability to obtain medical care does not constitute undue hardship for SSI purposes, although it may under a State Medicaid plan.


More Definitions of Federal benefit rate

Federal benefit rate means the amount of monthly
Federal benefit rate means the amount of monthly federal or state benefits paid to
Federal benefit rate. (FBR) means the supplemental security income (SSI)
Federal benefit rate means the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income payment rate for an eligible per- son or a married couple.
Federal benefit rate means the monthly payment rate for an eligible individual or couple. It is the figure from which we substract countable income to find out how much your Federal SSI benefit should be. The Federal benefit rate does not include the rate for any State supplement paid by us on behalf of a State.

Related to Federal benefit rate

  • Regular benefits ’ means benefits payable to an individual under this act or under any other state law, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-servicemen pursuant to 5 U.S.C. chapter 85, other than extended benefits.