KRS 205.245: Supplementary payments.

Money payments made by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the needy aged,

needy blind, and the needy permanently and totally disabled shall be:

(1) Mandatory state supplementation of the supplemental security income program as

established by federal law and regulations and administered in the manner agreed to

by the secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or their authorized

representatives; and

(2) Supplemental payments to persons requiring special living arrangements as they

become eligible for the supplemental security income program, to insure the same

level of care as those persons covered under the provisions of subsection (1) of this

section.