Ch. 351

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

shall be entitled to receive assistance in the county to which he has moved or been taken,
and the local unit of the county from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary
records relating to the child to the local unit of the county to which he has moved.]

[57.

Each local unit shall keep such records and accounts in relation to assistance to
dependent children as the State Department shall prescribe. The State Department shall
allocate to each local unit such amounts, not in excess of the total amount available for
such purpose, and upon such conditions as said State Department may prescribe.]

[58.

All assistance granted under this subtitle shall be deemed to be granted and to be
held subject to the provisions of any amendment or repealing act that may hereafter be
passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of
his assistance being affected in any way by any amendment or repealing act.]

[65A.

(a)     The Social Services Administration shall promptly establish, implement and
modify as necessary a program of State funded assistance payments to residents of the
State of Maryland who are temporarily in need but not eligible for any other State or
federal category of assistance; such program to be known as general public assistance.

(b)     The program established in paragraph (a) shall be in effect in all political
subdivisions of this State and shall be administered by the local units in conformity with
rules and regulations of the Social Services Administration.

(c)     Eligibility and all other requirements, not set forth in this subtitle, shall be
established by rules and regulations promulgated by the Social Services Administration.

(d)    Support from children shall be regarded as a potential resource and evaluated
as to amount and availability, as determined by rule and regulation of the State
Administration.

(e)     The Administration may not consider monetary or in-kind contributions that
are up to the difference between the State's standard of need and the sum of the total
grant and the amount of food stamps, whether received on a onetime or continuing basis,
as income or as a potential resource in determining:

(1)     An individual's eligibility for assistance; or

(2)     The amount of assistance that an individual receives.

(f)     An applicant may not make an assignment or transfer of property for the
purpose of rendering himself eligible for assistance under this section at any time within
3 years immediately prior to the filing of application for assistance or the receipt of
assistance pursuant to the provisions of this article.]

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