Implement Alabama State Supplementary Payment (SSP)

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Summary

Implements Alabama's State Supplementary Payment (SSP) — a flat monthly supplement to federal SSI for recipients in qualifying care arrangements.

Closes #7868

Regulatory Authority

• Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-4 — State Supplementation (full chapter, 61 pages)
• Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-4-.19a — Payment Table (page 24)
• Alabama DHR Payment Manual Section 3
• WorkWorld SSI State Supplement — Alabama (2010 data)
• SSA State Assistance Programs — Alabama (2011, via Wayback Machine)
• Alabama DHR Statistical Report — January 2025

Eligibility (660-2-4-.15, -.16, -.19)

Requirement	Source	How Modeled
Must be SSI-eligible	660-2-4-.15, -.19	is_ssi_eligible
Must actually receive SSI (income not too high)	Federal SSI income rules	uncapped_ssi > 0
Must reside in Alabama	State program	defined_for = StateCode.AL
Must be in a qualifying living arrangement	660-2-4-.16	al_ssp_living_arrangement (input variable)
Physician certification	660-2-4-.16	Not modeled (clinical) — implicit in living arrangement input
Skilled nursing facility criteria	660-2-4-.28	Not modeled (clinical)
Care provider not a close relative	660-2-4-.29	Not modeled (no provider data)
SSI recipients get full supplement, no separate income test	660-2-4-.19, DHR Manual §12200	defined_for = "al_ssp_eligible", no income calc

Benefit Amounts — Maximum Budgeted (Attachment 660-2-4-.19a, page 24)

All 6 payment categories from the Admin Code payment table:

Living Arrangement	Monthly Amount	Admin Code Row
FCMP Nursing Care	$60	Row 1 (max budgeted; monthly amount is $100)
Nursing Care Supplement	$60	Row 2
Personal Care Supplement — Level A	$60	Row 3
Personal Care Supplement — Level B	$56	Row 4
Personal Care or Nursing Care in Foster Care	$110	Row 5
Care in Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center (APTD)	$196	Row 6

• Amounts frozen since at least 1995 (regulation supplement dated 3/31/95)
• Confirmed unchanged by DHR statistical reports (Jan 2025, Mar 2024, Nov 2023)
• Each eligible person receives the flat individual amount; couple total = sum of two individuals

Combined Federal SSI + State SSP Verification (WorkWorld 2010)

Living Arrangement	SSI/month	SSP/month	Combined	WorkWorld
Level A individual	$674	$60	$734	$734 ✓
Level B individual	$674	$56	$730	$730 ✓
Foster Care individual	$674	$110	$784	$784 ✓
Cerebral Palsy individual	$674	$196	$870	$870 ✓
Level A couple	$1,011	$120	$1,131	$1,131 ✓
Foster Care couple	$1,011	$220	$1,231	$1,231 ✓

Not Modeled (by design)

What	Source	Why Excluded
Non-SSI supplementation	660-2-4-.26	Closed to new enrollment since March 7, 1986
Mandatory supplementation	660-2-4-.01	Pre-1974 recipients only; population effectively zero
Cerebral Palsy restricted to APTD	660-2-4-.18	Grandfathered since June 1981; zero current CP recipients
Medicaid Waiver for Specialized IHC	660-2-4-.16(2)	Specialized IHC maps to Level A payment; not a separate category
Caseload freeze	660-2-4-.10	Budget constraint, not modelable
SSI payment "in suspense"	DHR Manual §12200	Edge case within is_ssi_eligible
Automatic Medicaid for non-SSI SUP	660-2-4-.23	Non-SSI path not implemented

Current Caseload (DHR Statistical Report, January 2025)

~20 recipients statewide: 9 OAP + 0 AB + 11 APTD. Amounts observed: $56 (Level B) and $60 (Level A).

Files

parameters/gov/states/al/dhr/ssp/
└── amount.yaml              # Single parameter with breakdown by 6 living arrangement types

variables/gov/states/al/dhr/ssp/
├── al_ssp.py                # Benefit amount (direct parameter lookup)
├── al_ssp_eligible.py       # Eligibility (SSI eligible + receives SSI + qualifying arrangement)
└── al_ssp_living_arrangement.py  # Enum: 6 care types from Admin Code + NONE

tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/al/dhr/ssp/
├── al_ssp.yaml              # 7 unit tests (all 6 care types + ineligible)
├── al_ssp_eligible.yaml     # 10 unit tests (all care types + negative cases + income too high + wrong state)
└── integration.yaml         # 14 integration tests (8 basic/edge + 6 WorkWorld 2010 combined verification)

Verification & Backdating TODO

• Verify payment amounts against Admin Code Attachment 660-2-4-.19a (page 24)
• Verify eligibility logic against 660-2-4-.15, -.16, -.19
• Backdate parameter start date — Amounts frozen since 1995; current 1995-01-01 start date already covers 2017-current
• Research pre-1995 amounts — Not needed; 2017+ coverage is sufficient
• Verify amounts are still $60/$56/$110/$196 as of 2017-2025 using DHR statistical reports
• Confirm FCMP Nursing Care and Nursing Care Supplement are distinct categories worth modeling (both are $60 max budgeted; may be mandatory-only categories)
• CI passes

Test plan

• 31 tests pass (7 benefit + 10 eligibility + 14 integration)
• WorkWorld 2010 combined Federal/State amounts verified
• CI passes

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[MaxGhenis]

I pushed follow-up fixes here.

What changed:

• corrected Alabama SSP eligibility logic and payment amounts
• included the payment-side fix for the nursing-care amount issue that was called out in review
• final follow-up was formatting only

[MaxGhenis]

Reviewed the Alabama SSP follow-up fixes.