0001| HOUSE BILL 848
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| PATSY G. TRUJILLO
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0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA
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0012| 1978 TO MAKE CHILDREN WHO PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED SOCIAL SECURITY
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0013| INCOME BENEFITS AND HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE INELIGIBLE UNDER
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0014| FEDERAL LAW TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS ELIGIBLE TO
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0015| RECEIVE GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 27-2-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
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0019| Chapter 376, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020| "27-2-7. GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM--QUALIFICATIONS AND
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0021| PAYMENTS.--
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0022| A. Subject to the availability of state funds,
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0023| public assistance shall be provided under a general assistance
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0024| program to or on behalf of eligible persons who:
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0025| (1) are under eighteen years of age and meet
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0001| all eligibility conditions for [aid to families with dependent
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0002| children] temporary assistance for needy families except the
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0003| relationship to the person with whom they are living; [or]
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0004| (2) are over the age of eighteen and are
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0005| temporarily disabled, according to regulations of the [board]
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0006| income support division of the human services department or
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0007| have been determined ineligible to receive benefits pursuant to
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0008| 42 USCA 1382(a)(2) and are not receiving [aid to families
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0009| with dependent children] temporary assistance for needy
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0010| families; or
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0011| (3) meet the qualifications under such other
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0012| regulations for the general assistance program as the [board]
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0013| income support division shall establish from time to time.
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0014| B. General assistance program payments may be made
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0015| directly to the recipient or to the vendor of goods or services
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0016| provided to the recipient. The [board] income support
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0017| division may by regulation limit the grants that are made to
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0018| general assistance recipients.
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0019| C. Whenever the [board] income support division
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0020| makes an adjustment in the standard of need for the [aid to
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0021| families with dependent children] temporary assistance for
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0022| needy families program pursuant to Section [13-17-3 NMSA
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0023| 1953] 27-2-3 NMSA 1978, it shall make a commensurate
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0024| adjustment in the standard of need for the general assistance
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0025| program."
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