Presumptive Eligibility for SSI
An Overview
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are a critical
part of the social safety net for low income disabled people without a
significant work history. Receipt of SSI
can allow previously homeless persons to obtain housing and Medicaid health
care coverage.
This fact sheet outlines presumptive eligibility for
SSI. Presumptive eligibility is a
procedure, authorized by Social Security rules, under which some applicants for
SSI can receive a preliminary decision that they are disabled, before a full
medical evaluation is completed. This allows Social Security to immediately
begin paying benefits to those applicants, for up to six months, while the medical
evidence in the case is reviewed.
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