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SECTION 210
Mandatory minimum state supplementation
Social Services (SOS) CHAPTER 55, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 6
§ 210. Mandatory minimum state supplementation. 1. Any inconsistent
provisions of this title or any other law notwithstanding, but subject
to the provisions of subdivisions two and three of this section, an
individual who is deemed to have met the eligibility criteria for
additional state payments pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision one
of section two hundred nine of this title, shall be entitled to receive
for each month after December, nineteen hundred seventy-three an
additional state payment in an amount which, when added to the
supplemental security income benefit and other countable income, is
equal to such individual's December, nineteen hundred seventy-three cash
grant of assistance under the state's program of old age assistance,
assistance to the blind, aid to the disabled or the combined program of
aid to aged, blind and disabled persons, plus income not excluded under
such state program, plus an amount equal to the January, nineteen
hundred seventy-two bonus value of food stamps as determined in
accordance with the regulations of the office of temporary and
disability assistance plus, for any month after June, nineteen hundred
seventy-five, an amount reflecting the federal supplemental security
increases resulting from July first, nineteen hundred seventy-five cost
of living increases in such benefits, plus for any month after June,
nineteen hundred eighty-two, an amount equal to the July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-two federal supplemental security income cost of living
adjustment, providing such individual was eligible to receive a
mandatory state supplement for the month of December, nineteen hundred
eighty-one, plus for any month after June, nineteen hundred
eighty-three, an amount equal to $17.70 for individuals, $26.55 for
couples who are living alone or living with others and $35.40 for
couples receiving family care, residential care or care in schools for
individuals with developmental disabilities, plus for any month after
December, nineteen hundred eighty-three, an amount equal to $9.70 for
individuals, $15.60 for couples who are living alone or living with
others and $19.40 for couples receiving family care, residential care or
care in schools for individuals with developmental disabilities, plus
for any month after December, nineteen hundred eighty-four, an amount
equal to $11.00 for individuals, $16.00 for couples who are living alone
or living with others and $22.00 for couples receiving family care,
residential care or care in schools for individuals with developmental
disabilities, plus for any month after December, nineteen hundred
eighty-five, an amount equal to $11.00 for individuals, $16.00 for
couples who are living alone or living with others and $22.00 for
couples receiving family care, residential care or care in schools for
individuals with developmental disabilities, plus for any month after
December, nineteen hundred eighty-six an amount equal to $4.00 for
individuals, $6.00 for couples who are living alone or living with
others and $8.00 for couples receiving family care, residential care or
care in schools for individuals with developmental disabilities, plus
for any month after December, nineteen hundred eighty-seven an amount
equal to $14.00 for individuals, $22.00 for couples who are living alone
or living with others and $28.00 for couples receiving family care,
residential care or care in schools for individuals with developmental
disabilities, plus for any month after December, nineteen hundred
eighty-eight an amount equal to $14.00 for individuals, $21.00 for
couples who are living alone or living with others and $28.00 for
couples receiving family care, residential care or care in schools for
individuals with developmental disabilities, plus for any other month
after December, nineteen hundred eighty-nine an amount equal to $18.00
for individuals, $27.00 for couples who are living alone or living with
others and $36.00 for couples receiving family care, residential care or
care in schools for individuals with developmental disabilities, plus
for any month after December, nineteen hundred ninety an amount equal to
$21.00 for individuals, $31.00 for couples who are living alone or
living with others and $42.00 for couples receiving family care,
residential care or care in schools for individuals with developmental
disabilities, plus for any month after December, nineteen hundred
ninety-one an amount equal to $15.00 for individuals, $23.00 for couples
who are living alone or living with others and $30.00 for couples
receiving family care, residential care or care in schools for
individuals with developmental disabilities, plus for any month after
December, nineteen hundred ninety-two, an amount equal to $12.00 for
individuals, $19.00 for couples who are living alone or living with
others and $24.00 for couples receiving family care, residential care or
care in schools for individuals with developmental disabilities, plus
for any month after December, nineteen hundred ninety-three an amount
equal to $12.00 for individuals, $17.00 for couples who are living alone
or living with others and $24.00 for couples receiving family care,
residential care or care in schools for individuals with developmental
disabilities, plus for any month after December, nineteen hundred
ninety-four an amount equal to $12.00 for individuals, $18.00 for
couples who are living alone or living with others and $24.00 for
couples receiving family care, residential care or care in schools for
individuals with developmental disabilities, plus for any month after
December, nineteen hundred ninety-five an amount equal to $12.00 for
individuals, $18.00 for couples who are living alone or living with
others and $24.00 for couples receiving family care, residential care or
care in schools for individuals with developmental disabilities, plus
for any month after December, nineteen hundred ninety-six, an amount
equal to $14.00 for individuals and $21.00 for couples plus for any
month after December, nineteen hundred ninety-seven an amount equal to
$10.00 for individuals and $15.00 for couples plus for any month after
December, nineteen hundred ninety-eight an amount equal to $6.00 for
individuals and $11.00 for couples plus for any month after December,
nineteen hundred ninety-nine an amount equal to $13.00 for individuals
and $18.00 for couples plus for any month after December, two thousand
an amount equal to $18.00 for individuals and $27.00 for couples plus
for any month after December, two thousand one an amount equal to $15.00
for individuals and $21.00 for couples plus for any month after
December, two thousand two an amount equal to $7.00 for individuals and
$12.00 for couples plus for any month after December, two thousand three
an amount equal to $12.00 for individuals and $17.00 for couples plus
for any month after December, two thousand four an amount equal to
$15.00 for individuals and $23.00 for couples plus for any month after
December, two thousand five an amount equal to $24.00 for individuals
and $35.00 for couples plus for any month after December, two thousand
six an amount equal to the amount of any increases in federal
supplemental security income benefits for individuals or couples
pursuant to section 1617 of the Social Security Act (42 USC § 1382f)
which become effective on or after January first, two thousand seven.

2. An individual who is entitled to receive the minimum state
supplement in accordance with subdivision one of this section shall
remain entitled to receive such supplement for each month after
December, nineteen hundred seventy-three until the month in which such
individual dies or ceases to be eligible therefor, pursuant to paragraph
(c) of subdivision one of section two hundred nine of this title;
provided, however, that no individual shall be entitled to receive such
supplement for any month in which such individual is ineligible to
receive federal supplemental security income benefits for reasons
specified in paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section two hundred
nine of this title.

3. If the amount of an individual's December, nineteen hundred
seventy-three grant included or was determined on the basis of a special
need or special circumstance of such individual which existed in
December, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and which need or circumstance
during any month after December, nineteen hundred seventy-three ceased
to exist, such individual's minimum state supplement shall be reduced
for such month and each month thereafter by an amount equal to the
amount such individual's December, nineteen hundred seventy-three grant
would have been reduced had such special need or special circumstance
not existed in December, nineteen hundred seventy-three. If the amount
of an individual's December, nineteen hundred seventy-three grant
included an amount to reflect the needs of a person whose presence in
the household was essential to the well-being of the individual, the
income and resources of such person shall be included as the income and
resources of the individual.