Wash. Admin. Code § 388-449-0200 - Am I eligible for cash assistance for aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) while waiting for supplemental security income (SSI)?
(1) You may receive
ABD benefits while you are waiting to receive supplemental security income
(SSI) benefits only when you:
(a) Have filed
your SSI application with the Social Security Administration (SSA), follow
through with SSA directions and requirements to process your application
including keeping all interview and consultative examination appointments, and
do not withdraw your application;
(b) Agree to assign the initial or reinstated
SSI payment to us provided under WAC
388-449-0210;
(c) Are otherwise eligible according to WAC
388-400-0060; and
(d) Meet disability criteria listed in WAC
388-449-0001.
(2) To demonstrate your impairments are
disabling despite medical treatment, you must participate in medical treatment
for the impairments that keep you from working, unless you have a good cause.
Good cause includes, but is not limited to, the following reasons:
(a) The treatment provider has identified a
risk that the treatment may cause further limitations or loss of a function or
an organ and you are not willing to take that risk;
(b) Treatment is not available because you
can't obtain it without cost to you;
(c) You are so fearful of the treatment that
your fear could interfere with the treatment or reduce its benefits;
or
(d) You practice an organized
religion that prohibits the treatment.
(3) If you refuse or fail to participate in
medical treatment without good cause, your benefits may end and you will remain
ineligible until you reapply and provide proof you are pursuing treatment as
recommended.
(4) ABD recipients who
reside in a public institution as defined in WAC
182-500-0050, are not subject to
the requirements of subsections (1)(a)-(b) of this section. The requirements to
apply for and assign SSI benefits will be addressed after discharge once an ABD
recipient no longer resides in a public institution.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.005, 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.100, 74.04.770, 74.04.0052, 74.04.655, 74.08.043, 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c 36. 12-10-042, § 388-449-0200, filed 4/27/12, effective 6/1/12.
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