The attached Appendix provides the 2000 Federal Poverty Level income guidelines to be effective April 1,2000 for the following categories:

1. Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) – MS 2047.2 #7
2. Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI) – MS 2048.3 #4
3. Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SMB) – MS 2051.3 #7
4. Transitional Medicaid – MS 2062.3
5. Qualifying Individuals – 1 (QI-1) – MS 2073.3 #7
6. Qualifying Individuals – 2 (QI-2) – MS 2074.3 #7
7. ARKids First – MS 2330 #8
8. SOBRA Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children (SOBRA) – MS 5730
9. Family Planning Demonstration Waiver – MS 5914 #1

These income guidelines will supersede the 1999 figures in Appendix F.

Instructions for processing SSA COLA changes for QMB, SMB, QI-1, and QI-2 cases are being issued to county offices under separate cover.