§ 22 §3273 — Types of benefits

Maine § 22 §3273

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
• Part 1-A: STATE SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME FOR BLIND, DISABLED AND ELDERLY PEOPLE
• Ch. 855-C: BENEFITS

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1.
Combined benefits.
The department shall take action, as necessary, to assure that, within the limits of available funds, a state supplemental income benefit, when combined with a federal supplemental security income benefit, shall consist of such amounts that the sum shall:
2.
Participation limited.
3.
Payments for boarding home care.
4.
Appropriations available for benefits provided in subsection 1 shall be budgeted and authorized for expenditure by the department in a priority sequence. First, the available appropriation shall be budgeted and expended to increase the minimum monthly federal payment, as specified in subsection 1, paragraph A. Second, any balance of the appropriation remaining after such budgeting, shall be budgeted and expended to provide an individual sufficient income for personal needs, in accordance with subsection 1, paragraph B, and to meet the monthly per resident payment rate for adult foster and boarding home care as provided in subsection 1, paragraph B and subsection 3. Finally, any balance of the appropriations remaining after such budgeting shall be budgeted and expended to provide benefits related to variations by living arrangements as provided in subsection 1, paragraph C.
5.
Retroactive payments relating to benefits provided in subsection 1, paragraph B, and subsection 3 shall not be made for any care provided prior to April 1, 1974. Retroactive payments relating to benefits provided in subsection 1, paragraphs A and C, shall not be provided for any period of time prior to July 1, 1974.
6.
Future changes in types of benefits.
7.
Balances of funds not to lapse.
7-A.
Transfer of funds prohibited.
Funds appropriated to support benefits authorized under sections 3271 and 3274 may not be transferred by financial order unless the funds are transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services, Departmentwide program. These amounts may be transferred by financial order upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor. These transfers are not considered adjustments to appropriations.
8.
Rulemaking.
In addition to any other rule-making authority granted under this chapter, the department may adopt emergency rules. The need to reduce benefits to eligible recipients and payments to boarding homes via vendor payments in accordance with the appropriations made available for this purpose is considered an emergency for the purpose of emergency rulemaking.
9.
Supplemental security income for legal immigrants.
Supplemental security income for legal immigrants is governed by the following.
10.
Balances of funds not to lapse.
Any balances of funds appropriated for the program of state supplemental income benefits authorized under sections 3271 and 3274 may not lapse but must be carried forward from year to year to be expended for the same purpose.

Legislative History

PL 1973, c. 790, §3 (NEW). P&SL 1975, c. 90, §§SEC.S,1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 623, §28 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 712, §F3 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 563, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 749, §2 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 506, §§B18-A (AMD). PL 1985, c. 770, §3 (AMD). RR 1991, c. 1, §30 (COR). PL 1991, c. 528, §§E24,25 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 528, §RRR (AFF). PL 1991, c. 591, §§E24,25 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 622, §M12 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 643, §WW1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 462, Pt. I, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. U, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. XX, §1 (AMD).