[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR273.20]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 273_CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 273.20  SSI cash-out.

    (a) Ineligibility. No individual who receives supplemental security 
income (SSI) benefits and/or State supplementary payments as a resident 
of California is eligible to receive food stamp benefits. The Secretary 
of the Department of Health and Human Services has determined that the 
SSI payments in California have been specifically increased to include 
the value of the food stamp allotment.
    (b) Receipt of SSI benefits. In California, an individual must 
actually receive, not merely have applied for, SSI benefits to be 
determined ineligible for the food stamp program. If the State agency 
provides payments at least equal to the level of SSI benefits to 
individuals who have applied for but are awaiting an SSI eligibility 
determination, receipt of these substitute payments will terminate the 
individual's eligibility for food stamp benefits. Once SSI benefits are 
received, the individual will remain ineligible for food stamp benefits, 
even during months in which receipt of the SSI benefits is interrupted, 
or suspended, until the individual is terminated from the SSI program.
    (c) Income and resources. In California, the income and resources of 
the SSI recipient living in a household shall not be considered in 
determining eligibility or level of benefits of the household, as 
specified in Sec. 273.11(d).

[Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47889, Oct. 17, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 132, 44 FR 
33383, June 8, 1979. Redesignated at 45 FR 7217, Jan. 31, 1980, and 
amended by Amdt. 237, 47 FR 57669, Dec. 28, 1982; Amdt. 269, 51 FR 
10793, Mar. 28, 1986; Amdt. 356, 59 FR 29713, June 9, 1994; Amdt. 364, 
61 FR 54320, Oct. 17, 1996]