423-3 APPLICANTS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER STATES
423-3 A. OTHER STATE'S SSI Supplemental Security Income SUPPLEMENT
The case worker must question applicants who have recently arrived in Alaska from other states about whether they received assistance from their previous state of residence. If the applicant was receiving a state supplement or Medicaid benefits from another state, the applicant must provide proof that assistance from the other state has ended. Eligibility for Adult Public Assistance cannot begin until the other state's benefits end.
1. SSA Administers the Other State’s SSI Supplemental Security Income Supplement
In some states, SSA determines eligibility and disburses payments for the state supplement as part of the SSI Supplemental Security Income administrative process. States may also choose to have SSA determine Medicaid eligibility for SSI Supplemental Security Income recipients. The APA program must honor SSI Supplemental Security Income residency determinations when determining Alaska residency for individuals receiving a state supplement or Medicaid benefits from these states. If the SSI Supplemental Security Income program lists another state as the applicant's state of residence for a particular benefit month, and SSI Supplemental Security Income paid a state supplement or determined Medicaid eligibility for that month, the other state is considered as the state of residence for that month. To change the state of residence to Alaska, the applicant must notify SSI Supplemental Security Income that he or she is now a resident of Alaska. Alaska residency will exist beginning with the month that SSI Supplemental Security Income determines that Alaska became the applicant's new state of residence.
2. The Other State Administers Its Own SSI Supplemental Security Income State Supplement
In other states (like Alaska), the state administers its own state supplement and makes its own Medicaid determinations. Persons receiving a state supplement from a state of this type are not eligible to receive APA benefits in Alaska for the same month. However, if an applicant can prove that he or she will not receive the other state's supplement for a particular month, or that he or she has returned the other state's supplement for that month, then eligibility for APA for that month may exist.
423-3 B. OTHER STATE'S MEDICAID BENEFITS
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