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Conversion Privilege
If included, this option allows employees who are terminating employment to continue some or all of their LTD coverage at their own expense without submitting evidence of insurability.
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Auxiliary Aids and Services
Devices or services that accommodate a functional limitation of a person with a communication disability.
Optional Supplementation
The payments made by States to help persons meet needs not fully covered by Federal SSI benefits. The State determines whether it will make a payment, to whom, and in what amount.
Mandatory Supplementation
The supplementary payments that are made only to beneficiaries who were converted to the SSI program from former State assistance programs at the inception of the SSI program.
Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances
Continuing Disability Review (CDR)
An evaluation of an individual's impairment(s) to determine whether the person is still disabled within the meaning of the law for purposes of eligibility for SSI and OASDI benefits.
Indexing
Indexing is designed to provide some protection against inflation. After the first year of disability, a disabled employee's pre-disability earnings are usually increased (or indexed) by a certain percentage on an annual basis.
Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS)
Under an approved PASS, recipients of federal SSI may set aside income and/or resources over a period of time to reach a goal to become financially self supporting. The income and resources set aside may later be used to obtain occupational training or education, purchase occupational equipment, establish a business, etc.
Blind Work Expenses (SSI)
If you are blind, when we determine your SSI eligibility and payment amount we do not count any earned income that you use to meet expenses in earning the income.
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