5122-36-05. Determination of RSS payment

(A) The residential state supplement (RSS) payment to enrolled individuals shall be equal to the difference between the countable income, as determined for medicaid eligibility, and the financial need standard. This payment calculation includes the twenty dollars that is disregarded for eligibility purposes in paragraph (E)(6) of rule 5160:1-5-01 of the Administrative Code.

(B) The financial need standard is the aggregate of the allowable fee and the personal needs allowance.

(C) The allowable fee is the amount a resident pays to a living arrangement, and is one thousand one hundred dollars per month.

(D) The personal needs allowance is two hundred dollars per month.

(E) The approval date for the RSS payment shall be determined by OhioMHAS and shall not occur before the date of placement in an appropriate living arrangement, or the date when all financial and non-financial eligibility requirements are met, whichever occurs last.

Replaces: 5122-36-05

Effective: 1/1/2016
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 01/01/2021
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5119.41
Rule Amplifies: 5119.41
Prior Effective Dates: 7-15-1982 (Temp), 12-1-1982, 7-1-1983 (Temp), 9-24-1983, 9-1-1984, 1-1-1985 (Emer.), 4-1-1985, 1-1-1986 (Emer.), 4-1-1986, 1-1-1987 (Emer.), 3-20-1987, 7-1-1988 (Emer.), 9-1-1988, 1-1-1989 (Emer.), 12-2-1991, 1-1-1992, 3-20-1992, 1-30-1993 (Emer.), 5-1-1993, 11-1-1993 (Emer.), 1-30-1994, 7-1-1994, 10-1-1995, 10-2-1995 (Emer.), 12-30-1995, 1-2-1998, 7-1-2000, 9-29-2002, 1-1-2008, 3-7-2011, 2/17/12, 4/15/2012