53-4-212. Department to make rules. (1) The department shall make rules and take action as necessary or desirable for the administration of the FAIM financial assistance program and other programs funded under the temporary assistance for needy families block grant.
(2) The department shall adopt rules that may include but are not limited to rules concerning:
(a) eligibility requirements, including gross and net income limitations, resource limitations, and income and resource exclusions;
(b) amounts of assistance and methods for computing benefit amounts;
(c) the degree of kinship required for a person to qualify as a specified caretaker relative in order to be eligible for assistance;
(d) procedures and policies for employment and training programs,requirements for participation in employment and training programs, and exemptions, if any, from participation requirements;
(e) requirements for specified caretaker relatives participating in the community services program, including the number of hours of community service work per month and other terms of performance;
(f) eligibility for and terms and conditions of child-care assistance for FAIM project participants, including maximum amounts of assistance payable and amounts of copayments required by specified caretaker relatives;
(g) maximum amounts of one-time only cash payments for special employment-related needs and the length of time that a family is required to remain off cash assistance after a payment is received;
(h) exemptions from time limits in pathways and the community services program;
(i) terms of a specified caretaker relative's or other family member's ineligibility for assistance because of failure to enter into a family investment agreement or to comply with the individual's obligations under the agreement, including the length of the period of ineligibility;
(j) requirements, if any, for participation in and exemptions from participation in and procedures and policies of the employment and training demonstration project;
(k) eligibility for and terms and conditions of extended child-care and medical assistance benefits;
(l) reporting requirements;
(m) sanctions, disqualification, or other penalties for failure to comply with the program rules or requirements;
(n) exemptions from the 60-month limitation on assistance provided in 53-4-231 based on hardship or for families that include an individual who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, as defined in section 103 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. 608, including but not limited to the duration of the exemption;
(o) individuals who must be included as members of an assistance unit;
(p) categories of aliens who may receive assistance, if any;
(q) requirements relating to the assignment of child and medical support rights and cooperation in establishing paternity and obtaining child and medical support;
(r) requirements for eligibility and other terms and conditions of other programs to strengthen and preserve families;
(s) special eligibility or participation requirements applicable to teenage parents, if any; and
(t) conditions under which assistance may be continued when a dependent child is temporarily absent from the home and the length of time for which assistance may be continued.
History: En. Sec. 2, Part 4, Ch. 82, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 121, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 71-503(part (e)); amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 491, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 486, L. 1997.
