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

• 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.

• If countable income exceeds the amount of the Federal benefit rate, the State supplementary benefit will be re- duced by the amount of such excess.

• As provided in § 416.420, countable income will first be deducted from the Federal benefit rate applicable to an eligible individual or eligible couple.

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

• If countable income is equal to or less than the amount of the Federal benefit rate, the full amount of the State supplementary payment as speci- fied in the Federal agreement will be made.

• No State supplementary payment will be made where countable income is equal to or exceeds the sum of the Federal benefit rate and the State sup- plementary payment rate.

• If the remaining countable income is equal to or less than the amount of the Federal benefit rate, the full amount of the State supplementary payment will be made.

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

• If the State’s income eligibility level is lower than the SSP or SSI Fed- eral benefit rates, individuals quali- fying under paragraph (a) of this sec- tion who are deemed to have income at either the SSP rate or the SSI Federal benefit rate may further reduce their countable income by incurring medical expenses in the amount by which their income exceeds the State’s income eli- gibility standard.

• The applicable Federal benefit rate (plus the federally-administered State supplementary payment level) exceeds the sum of: The individual’s monthly countable and excludable in- come and monthly countable and ex- cludable liquid resources.

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 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.

Federal benefit rate. (FBR) means the supplemental security income (SSI)