Annual Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) Increases 448-01-50-15-40

(Revised 3/1/12 ML #3304)

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SSI benefit amounts will be updated or added on November 30th rollover in TECS to incorporate the new SSI benefit amounts. This run will update the January Unearned Income (UNIN) screen with the new SSI amount from the SSI/SDX file. On-line alerts will be generated for each SSI case indicating that the income has changed. After rollover on November 30th, the SDX1 and SDX2 screens in TECS will show December benefit data. These screens will not be updated with the January benefit information until rollover on December 31st.

Medicaid only SSI cases that are "authorized thru" will remain authorized even if the amounts differ. If a Medicaid recipient becomes ineligible for SSI due to the SSA increase, an alert will be received before December 20th. The following alerts will be generated:

TECS ANNUAL SSI/SDX COLA ALERTS:


SSN XXXXXXXXX ‘SI’ UPDT	Annual SDX/COLA run automatically updated SSI income on "UNIN" in TECS.
SSN XXXXXXXXX ‘SI’ ADD	Annual SDX/COLA run automatically added SSI income on "UNIN" in TECS.

SSN XXXXXXXXX ‘SI’ UPDT

Annual SDX/COLA run automatically updated SSI income on "UNIN" in TECS.

SSN XXXXXXXXX ‘SI’ ADD

Annual SDX/COLA run automatically added SSI income on "UNIN" in TECS.

NOTE: There will be no direct update of SSI income for Vision cases. Only the following alerts will be generated from the annual COLA run.

VISION SSI/SDX/COLA ALERTS:


NOT ON SDX/CK TPQY	(SSN) has SSI income in Vision but was not on the SDX COLA file. Check TPQY and update the income amount.
UPDATED SDX COLA AMT.	SDX has been updated with the new COLA SSI amount for (SSN). Update SSI amount.
ADD SDX COLA AMOUNT	SSN) SDX pay status code is "C01" or "M01," but SSI income is not entered. For TF, change SSI indicator to "Yes" and enter SSI income. For ME, enter SSI income; and if client chooses to be disabled, change SSI indicator to "Disabled."

NOT ON SDX/CK TPQY

(SSN) has SSI income in Vision but was not on the SDX COLA file. Check TPQY and update the income amount.

UPDATED SDX COLA

AMT.

SDX has been updated with the new COLA SSI amount for (SSN). Update SSI amount.

ADD SDX COLA

AMOUNT

SSN) SDX pay status code is "C01" or "M01," but SSI income is not entered. For TF, change SSI indicator to "Yes" and enter SSI income. For ME, enter SSI income; and if client chooses to be disabled, change SSI indicator to "Disabled."