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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
You are eligible for special SSI cash benefits if you meet the following requirements—
(a) You were eligible to receive a regular SSI benefit or a federally administered State supplementary payment (see § 416.2001) in a month before the month for which we are determining your eligibility for special SSI cash benefits as long as that month was not in a prior period of eligibility which has terminated according to §§ 416.1331 through 416.1335;
(b) In the month for which we are making the determination, your gross earned income exceeds the amount ordinarily considered to represent SGA under § 416.974(b)(2);
(c) You continue to have a disabling impairment;
(d) If your disability is based on a determination that drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the determination of disability as described in § 416.935, you have not yet received SSI cash benefits, special SSI cash benefits, or special SSI eligibility status for a total of 36 months, or Social Security benefit payments when treatment was available for a total of 36 months; and
(e) You meet all the nondisability requirements for eligibility for SSI benefits (see § 416.202).
We will follow the rules in this subpart in determining your eligibility for special SSI cash benefits.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 20. Employees' Benefits § 20.416.262 Eligibility requirements for special SSI cash benefits - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-20-employees-benefits/cfr-sect-20-416-262/
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