Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Division 40 - Family Support Division
Chapter 2 - Income Maintenance
Section 13 CSR 40-2.140 - Limitations on Amount of Cash Payments

(1) Receipt of General Relief (GR) and Other Types of Assistance.

(2) To be eligible for GR, Aid to the Blind (AB) or BP, a GR, AB or BP claimant must apply for SSI benefits if it appears that s/he would be eligible for the benefits. Claimants for BP must be found ineligible for SSI benefits before they may be approved for BP. GR recipients who are subsequently approved or reinstated for SSI will have deducted from their initial SSI award, whether due to approval or reinstatement, an amount equal to the GR cash payments made pending the approval for or reinstatement of SSI in accordance with section 1631 of the Social Security Act. Refusal by a GR claimant to sign an agreement to have the amount deducted from his/her initial SSI award will create ineligibility for the GR claimant. (Original rule filed Nov. 29, 1973, effective Dec. 9, 1973.)

(3) Those persons who are eligible for state SPs, ADC, BP, GR or SAB payments will not be eligible for Supplemental Nursing Care (SNC) benefits. In addition, those persons who are eligible for vendor payments in their behalf for professional nursing home or intermediate care facility care under Title XIX will not be eligible for SNC benefits. (Original rule filed Nov. 29, 1973, effective Dec. 9, 1973.)

(4) Parents in the home or needy eligible caretaker relatives who are recipients of SSI shall not be eligible for AFDC or Title XIX. Children who are under the age of eighteen (18) and who are recipients of SSI shall not be eligible for AFDC but shall be eligible for Title XIX. The expenses, income and resources of these SSI recipients will not be counted in determining AFDC eligibility of other members of an AFDC family. If a recipient of SSI makes income available to the AFDC household or pays any of the expenses of the AFDC household, the income will not be included on the AFDC budget. The person may elect to receive AFDC rather than SSI if the person meets all AFDC eligibility requirements. (Original rule filed Jan. 2, 1974, effective Jan. 12, 1974. Amended: Feb. 6, 1975, effective Feb. 16, 1975.)

(5) Any person who is ineligible for SSI because his/her income exceeds the maximum allowable by the Social Security Administration (SSA) is ineligible for GR.

(6) All persons who meet the definition of a Temporary Assistance household must have their eligibility explored under Temporary Assistance before having their eligibility for GR explored. Any person whose eligibility has been explored under Temporary Assistance and is found to be ineligible for Temporary Assistance because of the following reasons shall be ineligible for GR:

(7) Persons wishing to withdraw or terminate their eligibility for SSI benefits may do so by contacting their nearest Social Security office. Persons voluntarily withdrawing from or terminating their SSI benefits will be ineligible for SP or any other category of public assistance administered by the Division of Family Services, except ADC. This ineligibility for public assistance benefits would be effective for the month in which the withdrawal or termination from SSI is effective. (Original rule filed July 7, 1975, effective July 17, 1975.)