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	General Law
	General Regulations
	Specific Law References
	Eligibility and Benefits
	Common Reasons for Not Getting SSI Benefits
	Income
	Resources
	Other Links

This Law and Regulations Finder is designed to assist you in quickly locating some of the most frequently used sections of the SSI Law and Regulations.

The General Law Reference Table and the General Regulations Reference Table contain links that will connect you to the Law and Regulations. You can use these links to review all the Law and Regulations documents to search for specific issues or find additional sections by using the topical links.

The Specific Social Security Act References Table has links that connect to specific sections of the Social Security Act (Law).

The Law is general in nature and needs to be paired with the Regulation(s) that provides more specific information.

The remaining tables have links to topical Regulations that may be cited in notices concerning the denial, reduction or suspension of benefits.

More unusual situations will still require searching the Law and Regulations directly to identify the reason for taking an action.

Go to the Law and Regulations tables!

General Law:

Basic Law (Table of Contents)	SSI Law (Table of Contents)
Social Security Act	Title XVI of the Act

General Regulations:

SSI (Part 416)	RSDI (Part 404)
Table of Contents	Table of Contents
Determining Disability and Blindness	Determining Disability and Blindness

Specific Social Security Act (Law) References:

Eligibility	Section 1611(a)
Amount of Benefits	Section 1611(b)
Income	Section 1612
Resources	Section 1613

Eligibility and Amount of Benefits:

NOTE: The following links take you to the first of the series of regulations listed. Use the Next Section link at the top of each page to review the rest of the sections listed. Different sections will apply in different situations.

Eligibility	20 CFR 416.200-203
Amount of Benefits, General	20 CFR 416.401-435
Determination of Benefits; general	20 CFR 416.420-421

Common Reasons for Not Getting SSI Benefits:

You have too much income	20 CFR 416.1100
You have too much resources	20 CFR 416.1205
You do not give us permission to contact financial institutions	20 CFR 416.207
You do not apply for other benefits	20 CFR 416.210
You are a resident of a public institution	20 CFR 416.211
You leave the United States	20 CFR 416.215

Income -- Definitions and How We Count Income:

General	20 CFR 416.1100-1104
Earned Income	20 CFR 416.1110-1112
Unearned Income	20 CFR 416.1120-1124
In-Kind Support and Maintenance	20 CFR 416.1130-1148
Deeming of Income	20 CFR 416.1160-1169

Resources -- Definitions and How We Count Resources:

Resources; general	20 CFR 416.1201
Deeming of resources	20 CFR 416.1202
Deeming of resources of an essential person	20 CFR 416.1203
Deeming of resources where Medicaid eligibility is affected	20 CFR 416.1204a
Limitation on resources	20 CFR 416.1205
Resources determinations	20 CFR 416.1207
How funds held in financial institution accounts are counted	20 CFR 416.1208
Exclusion from resources; general	20 CFR 416.1210
Exclusion of the home	20 CFR 416.1212
Exclusion of household goods and personal effects	20 CFR 416.1216
Exclusion of the automobile	20 CFR 416.1218
Exclusion of life insurance	20 CFR 416.1230
Burial spaces and certain funds set aside for burial expenses	20 CFR 416.1231

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