An Act To Prevent Beneficiaries under the Statewide Food Supplement Program from Carrying Forward Unused Benefit Amounts
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3104, sub-§15 is enacted to read:
15. Unused benefit amounts. Any unused balance in excess of $1,000 representing statewide food supplement program benefits that were not used in the previous calendar year in a recipient's electronic benefits transfer account on January 1st must be transferred from the account to the General Fund.
SUMMARY
This bill requires that any unused balance in excess of $1,000 representing statewide food supplement program benefits that were not used in the previous calendar year in a recipient's electronic benefits transfer account on January 1st must be transferred from the account to the General Fund.