PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 14

Occurred: Ch. 351, § 2, Acts of 1996.

48.

(b) Assistance shall be provided under this subtitle only if the applicant for or
recipient of assistance:

(5) Meets all other FIP [program] requirements that the Secretary
establishes by regulation.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Extraneous word in Article 88A, § 48(b)(5).

Occurred: Ch. 351, § 2, Acts of 1996.

49.

(a) Except for an applicant or recipient who is a single child, the FIP [program]
shall include:

(1) An assessment of all applicants or recipients that shall consider:

(i) The reasons for. applying for or continued reliance on assistance;

(b) For an applicant or recipient who is a single child, the FIP [ program] shall
include:

(1) Referral of the applicant or recipient to appropriate services; and

(c) To the extent resources permit, noncustodial parents in need of employment
services in order to pay child support obligations shall be served in the [program] FIP.

(e) The Secretary shall revise the schedule of [program] FIP assistance to prevent
a recipient who has established eligibility from losing eligibility solely because one or
more wage earners in the family unit works more than 100 hours per month.

(f) The Secretary shall revise the rules of eligibility to exempt two-parent families
from a requirement that the principal wage earner must have worked for a specified time
prior to applying for THE FIP.

(g) (2) The amount of assistance to be paid under paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall be[:

(i) Computed without regard to the income of the stepparent if the
total income of the stepparent does not exceed 100% of the official poverty level, adjusted
for family size, established under the federal Community Services Block Grant Act; and

(ii) Computed] COMPUTED with regard to the income of the
stepparent if the total income of the stepparent equals or exceeds 50% of the official
poverty level, adjusted for family size, established under the federal Community Services
Block Grant Act.

(h) The Secretary shall revise the schedule of [program] FIP assistance to permit
a dependent child over the age of 17 years, who is a full-time student in secondary school

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