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02745 - (A1852878)
[Need to Change Income Criteria of the Supplemental Security
Income Program]. HRD-77-101; HRD-77-114; HPD-77-113;
B-164031(4). June 23, 1977. 7 pp. + enclosure (1 pp.).
Report to Sen. Russell B. Long, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Finance; Rep. James C. Corman, Chairman, House Committee on Ways
and Means: Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation
Subcommittee; Rep. Al Ullman, Chairman, House Committee on Ways
and Means; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Income Security Programs (1300).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Income Security: Public Assistance and Other
Income Supplements (604).
Organization Concerned: Social Security Advinistrution.
congressional Relevance: House Committee on Ways and Means:
Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation
Subcommittee; House Committee cn Ways and Means; Senate
Committee on Finance.
Authority: Social Security Act, title XVI (42 U.S.C. 1381). H.P.
3282 (95th Cong.).
An examination was performed of the Supplemental
Security Income program to i3entify legislative changes needed
for recipients to be treated more equitably.
Findings/Conclusions: Concern was expressed about a provision
that calls for a reduction in benefits when recipients receive
in-kind support and maintenance. The amount of the reduction
varies depending upon the recipient's living arrangements. This
can result in recipients with similar in-kind support and
maintenance being paid different benefits. Of the 4.2 million
recipients receiving benefits as of December 1976, one-half
million, or about 12%, had their benefits reduced under this
provision. H.R. 3282, one of several bills relating to this
subject, would eliminate consideration of in-kind support and
maiatenance in determining eligibility for program benefits and
the amount of such benefits. This change wc''Id simplify program
administration and also eliminate the noted inequities.
According to Social Security estimates, it would cost about 1485
million p r year in increased benefits, compared to about $15
million under a GAO legislative proposal. Recommendations:
Congress should amend the law to treat in-kind support and
maintenance the same, regardless of the living arrangement of
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