461-135-0780    Effective 01/01/21
Pickle Amendment Clients; OSIPM

In the OSIPM program:

1. The countable (see OAR 461-001-0000) SSB income of an individual is determined according to sections (2) to (4) of this rule if the individual meets all of the following requirements:
   1. Is receiving Social Security Benefits (SSB);

   2. Was eligible for and receiving SSI or state supplements but became ineligible for those payments after April 1977; and

   3. Would be eligible for SSI or state supplement if the SSB COLA increases paid under section 215(i) of the Social Security Act, after the last month the individual was both eligible for and received SSI or a supplement and was entitled to SSB, were deducted from current SSB.

2. The SSB amount received by the individual when the individual became ineligible for SSI or OSIP is used as the individual's countable SSB income, for the purposes of the Pickle Amendment. If the spouse (see OAR 461-001-0000) of the individual also had Social Security benefits at the time the individual lost SSI benefits, SSB amount at that time of the spouse is considered the countable income of the spouse. If the amount cannot be determined using the information provided by the SSA, it is calculated in accordance with section (3) of this rule.

3. The Department determines the month in which the individual was entitled to SSB and received SSI in the same month. The Department uses the table in section (4) of this rule to find the percentage that applies to that month. The Department multiplies the present amount of the  SSB of the individual by the applicable percentage. If the spouse of the individual also had SSB at the time the individual lost SSI benefits, the Department adjusts the SSB of the spouse using the same multiplier that was used for the individual’s calculation under this section. This amount, rounded down to the next lower whole dollar, is the individual's countable SSB income.

4. The following guide contains the calculations used to determine the SSB for prior years (the Department uses this table only if the prior year's amount using information provided by SSA):

   If SSI was Last Received During		Multiply Current SSB by
   January 2020 – December 2020	.................................................................	.987
   January 2019 – December 2019	.................................................................	.972
   January 2018 – December 2018	.................................................................	.945
   January 2017 - December 2017	.................................................................	.927
   January 2015 - December 2016	.................................................................	.924
   January 2014 - December 2014	.................................................................	.908
   January 2013 - December 2013	.................................................................	.895
   January 2012 - December 2012	.................................................................	.880
   January 2009 - December 2011	.................................................................	.849
   January 2008 - December 2008	.................................................................	.803
   January 2007 - December 2007	.................................................................	.785
   January 2006 - December 2006	.................................................................	.760
   January 2005 - December 2005	.................................................................	.730
   January 2004 - December 2004	.................................................................	.711
   January 2003 - December 2003	.................................................................	.696
   January 2002 - December 2002	.................................................................	.686
   January 2001 - December 2001	.................................................................	.669
   January 2000 - December 2000	.................................................................	.646
   January 1999 - December 1999	.................................................................	.631
   January 1998 - December 1998	.................................................................	.623
   January 1997 - December 1997	.................................................................	.610
   January 1996 - December 1996	.................................................................	.593
   January 1995 - December 1995	.................................................................	.578
   January 1994 - December 1994	.................................................................	.562
   January 1993 - December 1993	.................................................................	.548
   January 1992 - December 1992	.................................................................	.532
   January 1991 - December 1991	.................................................................	.513
   January 1990 - December 1990	.................................................................	.487
   January 1989 - December 1989	.................................................................	.465
   January 1988 - December 1988	.................................................................	.447
   January 1987 - December 1987	.................................................................	.429
   January 1986 - December 1986	.................................................................	.424
   January 1985 - December 1985	.................................................................	.411
   January 1984 - December 1984	.................................................................	.397
   July 1982 - December 1983	.................................................................	.383
   July 1981 - June 1982	.................................................................	.357
   July 1980 - June 1981	.................................................................	.321
   July 1979 - June 1980	.................................................................	.281
   July 1978 - June 1979	.................................................................	.256
   July 1977 - June 1978	.................................................................	.240
   May or June 1977	.................................................................	.227

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 411.060, 411.070, 411.083, 411.404, 413.085, 414.685
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, 411.060, 411.070, 411.083, 411.404, 411.704, 413.085, 414.685, 42 CFR 435.135, P.L. 92-336

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