Benefits
Tax-Free Earnings
The earnings you make on your STABLE Account are not subject to federal or state of Missouri income taxes, so long as you spend the earnings on Qualified Disability Expenses.
Keep Your Public Benefits
One of the primary reasons that the federal ABLE Act was passed was to protect individuals with disabilities from losing certain benefits such as SSI or Medicaid.
With the exception of some special SSI rules (see below), your STABLE Account funds do not count against you for purposes of determining your eligibility for means-tested federal benefits programs. For example, if you have $5,000 in your STABLE Account, that $5,000 does not count as an asset when determining your eligibility for SSI or Medicaid.
In addition, your STABLE Account will not affect your eligibility for state-based means-tested benefits programs offered by Missouri.
No Impact on Medicaid Benefits
The money in your STABLE Account will not affect your eligibility for Medicaid benefits. For more information, please see Medicaid’s guidance on STABLE Accounts here.
Limited Impact on SSI Benefits
Using a STABLE Account will not make you ineligible for SSI. If, however, you have more than $100,000 in your account, your SSI benefits may be suspended.
Here's how this will work: any STABLE Account funds over $100,000 are treated as a countable resource for purposes of determining your SSI benefits. For example, if you have $101,000 in your STABLE Account, the Social Security Administration will ignore the first $100,000 but will count the next $1,000 as your resource. The good news is that if your STABLE Account balance causes you to exceed the normal SSI resource limits, your SSI benefits will be merely suspended - you will not become ineligible for SSI. Once your account balance drops, you can notify SSA to have your SSI benefits resume.
STABLE Visa Card
The STABLE Visa® Prepaid Card is available to everyone with a STABLE
Account. The STABLE Visa Card does not pull money directly out of your
STABLE Account. Instead, you get to choose a specific amount of money to
load onto your card. This way, you can better control budgets and plan
for your Qualified Disability Expenses. You may order a STABLE Visa Card
for the Authorized Legal Representative for an individual with a
disability or the beneficiary of a STABLE Account. The STABLE Visa
Card's discrete loading feature allows you to limit how much money your
loved one can access at any given time.
Only STABLE Account funds can be loaded onto your STABLE Visa Card, to avoid commingling STABLE money with non-STABLE money. This allows for easier reporting of your withdrawals and expenditures.
Your STABLE Visa Card can be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. You will be able to set up a STABLE Visa Card online account to view your spending history.
This card is issued by Sunrise Banks N.A., St. Paul, MN 55103, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. This card can be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. Use of this card constitutes acceptance of the terms and conditions stated in the Cardholder Agreement.
True Link Financial is required to periodically report certain Card information to the Visa Prepaid Clearinghouse Service (PCS) to assist in fraud prevention. Please contact PCS Customer Service for details regarding the information reported and on file with PCS. PCS Customer Service Department's business hours are Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Visa Prepaid Clearinghouse Service Customer Service Department
5005 Rockside Road, Suite 600-27 Independence, OH 44131 PH
Phone 1-844-263-2111 Fax 1-844-432-3609