46-201. Application for assistance; notice of penalties A. Application for any form of assistance or service under this title shall be made to a department in this state as specified by the program. The application shall be in writing or reduced to writing on forms prescribed by the state department and shall include a statement […]
46-202. Rules The director shall adopt rules with respect to the time in which a recipient must notify the department of a change in circumstances affecting the recipient’s eligibility. In adopting such rules the director shall consider and comply with federal regulations concerning notice of change of eligibility status.
46-203. Investigation of application; witnesses; financial institutions A. When the department receives an application for assistance or service under this title, an investigation and record of the application shall promptly be made, and other information required by the rules of the state department shall be obtained. B. The state department and the officers and authorized […]
46-204. Granting of assistance; notice to applicant; award; certification to department of administration; reimbursement A. Upon completion of an investigation the local office of the department shall decide, according to the policies and rules of the state department, whether the applicant is eligible for the assistance or service applied for and shall determine the amount […]
46-205. Appeal to state department from denial of application or failure of the local office to act; consideration by state department on own motion A. If the local office of the department does not act with reasonable promptness on an application, or if the application is denied wholly or in part by the local office […]
46-206. Payment of assistance; authority of department of administration; limitation upon payment from state funds; methods of payment A. When an assistance award is made, the certification to the department of administration provided for by section 46-204 shall, until modified, suspended or discontinued by order of the state department, or until the death of recipient, […]
46-207. Grant plus income; uniform assistance plan; amount of assistance A. In no event shall assistance paid any recipient under this title be an amount which, when added to income from all other sources, causes the total of income and grant to exceed the need of the recipient under uniform assistance plans for each program […]
46-207.01. Temporary assistance for needy families; amount of cash assistance Cash assistance paid to any recipient pursuant to section 46-292, which when added to nonexempt income from all other sources, shall not be less than thirty-six per cent of the 1992 federal poverty level adjusted for family size and factors provided in section 46-207, subsections […]
46-208. Nontransferability and nonassignability of assistance; exemption from process Assistance granted under this title is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this title shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or […]
46-209. Residence in state after assistance granted; basis for discontinuance of payments to recipients of assistance A. Any recipient of assistance granted under this title, except temporary assistance for needy families, desiring to reside outside the state for a period of not to exceed thirty days shall execute a form provided by the state department. […]
46-210. Effect on domicile of absence while in military service Absence while in the military service of the state or the United States shall not be deemed to interrupt residence in this state as provided in this title, if a domicile is not acquired without the state.
46-211. Periodic reconsideration and change in amount of assistance A. All assistance or service grants made under this title shall be reconsidered by the state department as frequently as required by the rules of the department. After further investigation as the department deems necessary, the amount of assistance or service may be changed or assistance […]
46-212. Assistance subject to amendment of law All assistance or service granted under this title shall be deemed granted and held subject to any law amending or repealing any provision of this title, and no recipient shall have a claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of recipient’s assistance or service being affected in any […]
46-213. Duty of recipient to notify department of change in status; recovery of excess assistance paid; violation; classification A. If at any time while receiving assistance the recipient of such assistance knowingly acquires any property or receives any increase in income or property, or both, in excess of income or property declared at the time […]
46-214. Fee for representing applicant or recipient in civil proceeding under article prohibited No person shall charge or receive any fee for representing an applicant for or recipient of assistance or service in any proceedings under this title, except fees prescribed by the department, but the provisions of this section shall not apply to representation […]
46-215. Welfare fraud; program disqualification; classification A. A person commits welfare fraud if the person knowingly obtains by means of a false statement or representation, by impersonation or by other fraudulent device any of the following: 1. Assistance or service to which the person is not entitled. 2. Assistance or service greater than that to […]
46-216. Violation; classification A person violating a provision of this title for which no penalty is specifically provided is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
46-219. Supplemental nutrition assistance program; eligibility after conviction; drug testing; rules A. Notwithstanding section 13-3418 and if the person agrees to random drug testing, a person who is convicted after August 22, 1996 of a felony offense that has as an element of the offense the use or possession of a controlled substance as defined […]
