State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services

HISTORY

The policy on this page is from a previous version of the handbook. 

08-01 Version of 6.4 Special Situations

6.4.1 State Supplementary Payment

The State Supplementary Payment (SSP) is the portion of an SSISupplemental Security Income. A program based on financial need operated by the Social Security Administration that provides monthly income to low income people who are age 65 or older, blind, or disabled. payment paid by a state, not by the federal government. An SSP recipient's residence is the state making the SSP payment.

6.4.2 Homeless Persons

A homeless person living in Wisconsin meets the requirement of being physically present in Wisconsin. The agency must, by using its own address or some other fixed address, make Medicaid cards available to eligible applicants who have no fixed dwelling place or mailing address.

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The information concerning the Medicaid program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapters 46 and 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2, 10 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

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