SSI Amendments of 1987

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] SSI Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Personal Needs Allowance Changes - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to increase SSI benefits payable to residents of medical facilities. Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of such benefits. Requires States making supplementary payments to residents of medical facilities who receiving SSI benefits to increase and then maintain them at the increased level. Continues the provision of full SSI benefits to individuals whose institutionalization is likely not to exceed three months during a continuous period of institutionalization and who need to continue to maintain and provide for the expenses of the home or living arrangement to which he or she may return after institutionalization. Title II: Changes in SSI Income and Resources and Income Eligibility Requirements - Excludes real property which, for specified reasons, cannot be sold from SSI resource eligibility determinations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, where necessary to avoid undue hardship, to suspend the penalties applied when individuals become SSI eligible by disposing of their resources at less than market value. Ap…