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101 STAT. 1330-147
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987
101 STAT. 1330-147

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1330-147

SEC. 4104. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUALS IN CERTAIN STATES RECEIVING ONLY OPTIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS.

Section 1902(a)(10)(A){ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(aK10)(A)(ii)) is amended— (1) by striking "or" at the end of subclause (IX) and inserting "or" at the end of subclause (X); and (2) by adding at the end the following new subclause: i^5^> "(XI) who receive only an optional State supplementary payment based on need and paid on a '^ J'" regular basis, equal to the difference between the individual's countable income and the income standard used to determine eligibility for such supplementary payment (with countable income being the income remaining after deductions as established by the State pursuant to standards that are more restrictive than the standards for supplementary security income benefits under title XVI), which are available to all individuals in the State (but which may be based on different income standards by political subdivision according to cost of living differences), and which are paid by a State that does not have an agreement with the Secretary under section 1616 or 1634.". SEC. 4105. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF CLINIC SERVICES FURNISHED TO HOMELESS OUTSIDE FACILITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(a)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(9)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at • ^' ' the end the following: ", including such services furnished outside the clinic by clinic personnel to an eligible individual who does not reside in a permanent dwelling or does not have a fixed home or mailing address". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 42 USC I396d shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 1988, ^°^without regard to whether regulations to implement such amendment are promulgated by such date. SEC. 4106. MEDICALLY NEEDY INCOME LEVELS FOR CERTAIN 2-MEMBER COUPLES IN CALIFORNIA.

For purposes of section 1903(0(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, for payments made to California on or after July 1, 1983, in the Case of a family consisting only of two individuals both of whom are adults and at least one of whom is aged, blind, or disabled, the "highest amount which would ordinarily be paid to a family of the same size" under the State's plan approved under part A of title IV of such Act shall, at California's option, be the amount determined by the State agency to be the amount of the aid which would ordinarily be payable under such plan to a family which consists of one adult and two children and which is without any income or resources. Section 1902(a)(10)(C)(i)(III) of the Social Security Act shall not prevent California from establishing (under the previous sentence) an applicable income limitation for families described in that sentence which is greater than the income limitation applicable to other families, if California has an applicable income limitation under section 1903(f) of such Act which is equal to the maximum applicable income limitation permitted consistent with paragraph