Section 117.40  Recovery of Interim Assistance – Aid to the Aged Blind or Disabled (AABD) and General Assistance (GA)

a)         Interim assistance shall be provided only when an applicant authorizes the Department to recover that assistance from the individual's initial Supplemental Security Income benefit award.

b)         State Supplemental Payments (SSP) issued to meet basic income maintenance needs during the pendency of the individual's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) application and/or General Assistance issued to an individual who has been denied SSI due to a finding or "not aged", "not blind" or "not disabled" and has filed for a reconsideration (or appeal) of the SSI denial shall be subject to recovery by the Department.