An aged, blind or disabled applicant or recipient shall be paid an amount of aid which when added to his or her federal benefit received under Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act and other nonexempt income and resources, equals the following:

(a) For a blind applicant or recipient, the sum of seven hundred four dollars ($704) per month and for a married couple both qualifying for benefits under this chapter as blind, the sum of one thousand three hundred seventy-two dollars ($1,372) per month.

(b) For a married couple, both qualifying for benefits under this chapter, and one of whom is blind, the sum of one thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars ($1,295) per month.

(c) For an aged or disabled applicant or recipient, the sum of six hundred thirty dollars ($630) per month.

(d) For a married couple both qualifying for benefits under this chapter as aged or disabled, the sum of one thousand one hundred sixty-seven dollars ($1,167) per month.

(e) For an aged or disabled applicant or recipient under subdivision (c) or for a married couple under subdivision (d) whose living arrangement prevents preparation of his or her or their meals at home shall be entitled to an allowance of sixty-eight dollars ($68) per month for an individual and one hundred thirty-six dollars ($136) per month for a married couple in addition to any other amount he or she is entitled to under this chapter.

(f) For a disabled minor under 18 living with a parent or guardian or relative by blood or marriage, the sum of four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499) per month.

(g) For a recipient in a nonmedical out-of-home care facility, the sum of seven hundred nine dollars ($709) per month.

(h) For the personal and incidental needs of a person receiving care in a medical facility under the Medi-Cal Act, the sum of thirty dollars ($30) per month. The department shall issue, or arrange for the issuance from the appropriate state agency of, an additional twelve dollars ($12) each month to each recipient to whom this subdivision applies.

(i) In the case of any individual, or couple, whose federal benefit received under Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act is reduced in accordance with Section 1612(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 92-603 because he lives in another person’s household and receives support and maintenance-in-kind from such person, the appropriate grant level set forth in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall be reduced by the amount of the reduction in the federal benefit, subject to the provisions in Section 12204.

This subdivision shall be operative only during such time that such in-kind support and maintenance, under federal law, is treated as providing the basis for a lower payment standard rather than being treated as the receipt of unearned income.

(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 97, Sec. 14. Effective June 30, 1991. Operative July 1, 1991, by Sec. 30 of Ch. 97.)