Eligibility requirements for special SSI cash benefits.

You are eligible for special SSI cash benefits if you meet the following requirements— (a) You were eligible to receive a regular SSI benefit or a federally administered State supplementary payment (see § 416.2001) in a month before the month for which we are determining your eligibility for special SSI cash benefits as long as that month was not in a prior period of eligibility which has terminated according to §§ 416.1331 through 416.1335; (b) In the month for which we are making the determination, your gross earned income exceeds the amount ordinarily considered to represent SGA under § 416.974(b)(2); (c) You continue to have a disabling impairment; and (d) [Reserved] (e) You meet all the nondisability requirements for eligibility for SSI benefits (see § 416.202). We will follow the rules in this subpart in determining your eligibility for special SSI cash benefits. [47 FR 15324, Apr. 9, 1982, as amended at 59 FR 41404, Aug. 12, 1994; 60 FR 8149, Feb. 10, 1995; 64 FR 31972, June 15, 1999; 91 FR 16830, Apr. 3, 2026]