Kentucky Statutes 205.245 – Supplementary payments
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Money payments made by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the needy aged, needy blind, and the needy permanently and totally disabled shall be:
(1) Mandatory state supplementation of the supplemental security income program as established by federal law and regulations and administered in the manner agreed to by the secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or their authorized representatives; and
(2) Supplemental payments to persons requiring special living arrangements as they become eligible for the supplemental security income program, to insure the same level of care as those persons covered under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 224, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 191, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 343, sec. 22.
(1) Mandatory state supplementation of the supplemental security income program as established by federal law and regulations and administered in the manner agreed to by the secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or their authorized representatives; and
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 205.245
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Needy aged: means a person who has attained the age of sixty-five (65) and who is unable to provide for himself and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Needy blind: means a person who has no vision or whose vision is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential and who is unable to provide for himself and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Needy permanently and totally disabled: means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older and who has a permanent physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss that substantially precludes him from engaging in useful occupations within his competence and who is unable to provide for himself and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Secretary: means the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) Supplemental payments to persons requiring special living arrangements as they become eligible for the supplemental security income program, to insure the same level of care as those persons covered under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 224, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 191, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 343, sec. 22.