Adopted Rulemaking

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• TANF Adopted Policy No. 92A - This rule adopts TANF Emergency Rule 92E which denies TANF cash assistance to families who have received TANF for 60 or more months and who do not qualify for an exemption or extension.
• FS 174A - This rule adopts the following - The emergency rule, #174E Legal Non-Citizens, which became effective as of January 1, 2012.

TANF Adopted Policy No. 92A - This rule adopts TANF Emergency Rule 92E which denies TANF cash assistance to families who have received TANF for 60 or more months and who do not qualify for an exemption or extension.	Word	PDF
Concise Summary: This policy has been ADOPTED effective as of April 4, 2012. This rule adopts TANF Emergency Rule 92E which denies TANF cash assistance to families who have received TANF for 60 or more months and who do not qualify for an exemption or extension. Based on comments received regarding the legislative intent of this rule the Department has made the following revisions: • Removed the caps to the number of extensions available for all except one of the extension categories. Cases granted an extension will be reviewed every 6 months and when the hardship is no longer in existence the case will close. • Clarified the definition of what constitutes “Indian territory” in Maine • Clarified the population who is exempt from lifetime limits • Clarified the definition of “disability” • Clarified what constitutes an approved education or training program • Changed the criteria for meeting the job loss extension reason to include the loss of seasonal employment and clarified when the extension may be given • Clarified the situations in which hardship extensions may not be granted   Effective Date: April 4, 2012
	Posted: April 2, 2012
FS 174A - This rule adopts the following - The emergency rule, #174E Legal Non-Citizens, which became effective as of January 1, 2012.	Word	PDF
Concise Summary: Provisions from Part KK of the State FY 2012 and FY 2013 Biennial Budget (P.L. 2011, Ch 380). As of January 1, 2012, this law restricts new legal non-citizen eligibility for state-funded Food Supplement assistance to applicants who are: (1) elderly, (2) disabled, (3) victims of domestic violence, or; (4) experiencing a hardship. State-funding for individuals who are receiving Food Supplement assistance and for those who have a pending application as of January 1, 2012 will be preserved under this rule. 3. Federal rule changes that affect legal non-citizens; including elimination of time limits associated with Iraqi and Afghani individuals, and clarifies which legal non-citizens are subject to the 5-year waiting period or other conditions associated with eligibility. 4. Revisions from the previously-approved proposed rule, included as a result of a public hearing and comments received. Revisions include the addition of asylum seekers (including their children under 18 years old, if any) who have not yet achieved Asylee status (a qualified status for Federally-funded benefits). Asylum seekers are subject to the new criteria stated above: 1) elderly, (2) disabled, (3) victims of domestic violence, or; (4) experiencing a hardship. The following changes are adopted in FS-111-2 pages 2-5A, adjusting language to reflect the change in State-funded Food Supplement benefits as of April 1, 2012. Effective Date: April 1, 2012
	Posted: March 30, 2012