NAME              TYPE    LENGTH
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2. STATE CODE                   CHAR      2    

	THIS FIELD SPECIFIES THE STATE OF RESIDENCE
	OF THE BENEFICIARY AND IS BASED ON THE MAILING
	ADDRESS USED FOR CASH BENEFITS OR THE MAILING
	ADDRESS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES (FOR EXAMPLE,
	PREMIUM BILLING). THIS INFORMATION IS
	MAINTAINED FROM CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICES
	SENT IN BY THE BENEFICIARIES, AND IS APPENDED
	TO THE RECORD AT TIME OF PROCESSING IN CENTRAL
	OFFICE.  THE CODING SYSTEM IS THE SSA SYSTEM,
	NOT THE FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
	STANDARD (FIPS).

	sHORT NAME: STATE_CD
	LONG NAME: STATE_CODE

	LIMITATIONS:
	IN SOME CASES, THE CODE MAY NOT BE THE
	ACTUAL STATE OF RESIDENCE.  (FOR EXAMPLE,
	IF THE BENEFICIARY HAS A REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE).

	CCW FIELD SOURCE AND DERIVATION:
	  RIC-O; Field Name: BENE_MLG_CNTCT_STATE_CD

	  Use the most recent residence change date where:
	  (1) the change date is equal or prior to 12/31 of the reference 
	      year OR 
	  (2) the change date is equal or prior to the the beneficiary's 
	      date of death (if the beneficiary died in the reference year)

	  If there is no residence record, the state_cd will be left blank.

	CMS DENOMINATOR DIFFERENCE:
	  The SSA state code at the time of Denominator processing, which 
	  normally begins at the end of March of the year following the 
	  Denominator reference year.

 	  In the Denominator File processing, if there were no Residence 
	  records (RIC-O) found for a beneficiary on the EDB, then the 
	  beneficiary's SSA state code is set to 99.  It is important to 
	  note that if the SSA state code is 99 and the SSA county code is 
	  '000' for a beneficiary, then the value 99 represents a valid 
	  location: American Samoa.