Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled; deeming of income and resources--SSA. Interim rules with comment period.

These rules address the problem of certain beneficiaries of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments who remain unnecessarily institutionalized because returning home for less costly medical treatment would result in loss of Medicaid eligibility. The rules provide that the Secretary, in appropriate circumstances, will not apply the ordinary SSI rules for deeming certain family members' income and resources to a noninstitutionalized individual. This is a temporary policy that will deal with this concern while States develop appropriate programs of home and community-based services under their Medicaid programs.