SSI month; Requirements to qualify o Still meet the disability requirement ; To qualify for this o Still meet all other non-disability requirements; Incentive . a person must : Need Medicaid in order to work ; and o Have been SSI, Have gross earned income which is insufficient to replace Medicaid and any publicly f eligible for an unded attendant care. SSI cash payment for at The Social Security Administrat ion uses a threshold to measure whet her a person's earnings are high least 1 enough to replace his/ her SSI and Medicaid benef its. which would cause SSI cash payments to stoo in t he person's state; and the What is threshold? The annual per capita Medicaid expenditure for the state. The If the person's gross earnings are higher than t he threshold amount for his/her s tate . the Social Secur ity threshold Administration can figure an individual t hreshold if the person has : amount is based on: Impairment-related work expenses (see pages 15- 22); o Blind work expenses (see pages 46-47 ); e A plan to achieve self-support (see pages 37-38); o Publicly f unded attendant or personal care; or Medical ex penses above the state per capita amount. 41
SSI Requirements to qualify To qualify for this Incentive . a person must : o Have been eligible for an SSI cash payment for at least 1 month; o Still meet the disability requirement ; o Still meet all other non-disability requirements; Need Medicaid in order to work ; and Have gross earned income which is insufficient to replace SSI, Medicaid and any publicly f unded attendant care. The Social Security Administrat ion uses a threshold to measure whet her a person's earnings are high enough to replace his/ her SSI and Medicaid benef its. What is the threshold? The threshold amount is based on: which would cause SSI cash payments to stoo in t he person's state; and The annual per capita Medicaid expenditure for the state. If the person's gross earnings are higher than t he threshold amount for his/her s tate . the Social Secur ity Administration can figure an individual t hreshold if the person has : Impairment-related work expenses (see pages 15- 22); o Blind work expenses (see pages 46-47 ); A plan to achieve self-support (see pages 37-38); o Publicly f unded attendant or personal care; or Medical ex penses above the state per capita amount. 41 e