Implement Florida State Supplementary Payment (SSP)

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Description

Implement Florida's State Supplementary Payment (SSP) program.

Florida administers a state-administered SSP (Optional State Supplement, or OSS) for aged, blind, and disabled individuals who are eligible for SSI. The program provides supplementary payments to eligible recipients.

Regulatory Authority

• Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
• Florida Statutes Chapter 409 (Public Social Services)
• SSA State Assistance Programs report (2011): https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/index.html

Tasks

• Research Florida SSP eligibility criteria and payment amounts
• Implement parameters (payment amounts by living arrangement and filing status)
• Implement variables (eligibility and benefit calculation)
• Add tests
• Add changelog fragment

Related

Part of broader effort to implement state SSP programs across all states.