452-3        COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE (COLA Cost of Living Allowance) INCREASES

Whenever SSI Supplemental Security Income benefits are increased because of an increase in the cost of living, APA need and payment standards are also increased.  APA need standards are increased by the same percentage that the SSI Supplemental Security Income standards are increased.  APA maximum payment standards are also increased, at minimum, by a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount of the comparable SSI Supplemental Security Income maximum payment standard increase and may be increased by the full SSI Supplemental Security Income percentage if the Legislature appropriates funds to pay for the increase.  These cost-of-living increases occur each year on January 1.