§ 209. Eligibility. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no\nperson shall be eligible for any payment pursuant to this title who is\nineligible for supplemental security income for any reason other than\nhaving countable income exceeding the federal benefit rate for such\nprogram. An individual shall be eligible to receive additional state\npayments if he or she has applied for supplemental security income\nbenefits, has received a determination with respect to such application\nand:\n (i) is over sixty-five years of age, or is blind or disabled; and\n (ii) does not have countable income in an amount equal to or greater\nthan the standard of need established in subdivision two of this\nsection; and\n (iii) does not have countable resources in an amount equal to or\ngreater than the amount of resources an individual or couple may have\nand remain eligible for supplemental security income benefits pursuant\nto federal law and regulations of the department; and\n (iv) is a resident of the state and is either a citizen of the United\nStates or is not a noncitizen who is or would be ineligible for federal\nsupplemental security income benefits solely by reason of noncitizen\nstatus.\n (b) A person who is properly receiving supplemental security income\nbenefits shall be deemed to have met the eligibility criteria contained\nin subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision.\n (c) A person who, for the month of December, nineteen hundred\nseventy-three, properly received a grant of assistance under the state's\nprogram of old age assistance, assistance to the blind, aid to the\ndisabled or the combined program of aid to aged, blind and disabled\npersons, shall be deemed to have met the eligibility criteria of this\nsubdivision; provided, however, that a disabled person who did not also\nreceive such a grant for any month prior to July, nineteen hundred\nseventy-three, shall not be deemed to have met such eligibility criteria\nunder this paragraph. A person who is deemed eligible under this\nparagraph shall continue to be deemed to meet the eligibility criteria\nof this subdivision so long as he continues to be blind or disabled, as\nthe case may be, pursuant to state standards in effect for October,\nnineteen hundred seventy-two, and so long as he continues to reside in\nthe state.\n (d) Any inconsistent provision of this title notwithstanding, an\nindividual shall not be eligible for additional state payments with\nrespect to any month, if throughout such month, (i) he is an inmate of a\npublic institution, or (ii) he is an inmate in a medical facility which\nis receiving medical assistance payments for him at a level exceeding\nfifty per cent of the cost of his care, or (iii) he is an inmate in a\nmedical facility which is not certified under the state's medical\nassistance program. Nor shall an individual be eligible for additional\nstate payments for any month in which he is ineligible for supplemental\nsecurity income benefits because of a failure to file for other\nnon-public assistance benefits to which he might be entitled, or because\nof a refusal to participate in treatment for drug addiction or\nalcoholism or because he has remained outside the United States for all\nof such month, or because he has refused vocational rehabilitation.\n 2. The following amounts shall be the standard of monthly need for\ndetermining eligibility for and the amount of additional state payments,\ndepending on the type of living arrangement and the geographic area in\nwhich the eligible individual or the eligible couple resides:\n (a) On and after January first, two thousand twenty-five, for an\neligible individual living alone, $1,054.00; and for an eligible couple\nliving alone, $1,554.00.\n (b) On and after January first, two thousand twenty-five, for an\neligible individual living with others with or without in-kind income,\n$990.00; and for an eligible couple living with others with or without\
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