22 §3104-A. Food supplement program for legal aliens - Maine Statutes

Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE

Subtitle 3: INCOME SUPPLEMENTATION HEADING: PL 1973, C. 790, §1 (AMD)

Part 1: ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 851: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§3104-A. Food supplement program for legal aliens

1. Food assistance. The department shall provide food assistance to households that would be eligible for assistance under the federal Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 United States Code, Section 2011 et seq. and under the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 but for provisions of Sections 401, 402 and 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

[ 2009, c. 291, §3 (AMD) .]

2. Amount of assistance. The total amount of food assistance provided under this section must equal the amount that the household would be eligible to receive under the federal Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 United States Code, Sections 2014 and 2017 and under the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 if the household were eligible for either of those programs.

[ 2009, c. 291, §3 (AMD) .]

3. Administration. The department shall provide assistance under this section to eligible households on a monthly basis through an electronic benefit transfer system.

[ 2009, c. 291, §3 (AMD) .]

4. Repeal.

[ 1999, c. 401, Pt. S, §2 (RP) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1997, c. 731, §1 (NEW). 1997, c. 731, §3 (AFF). 1999, c. 401, §S2 (AMD). 2009, c. 291, §3 (AMD).