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Ch. 671 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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[(d) A local department shall pay temporary cash assistance beginning 14
days after the application of a Qualified recipient.]
[(e)] (D) The Secretary may not include in regulations adopted under this
subtitle a provision that would count as unearned income to a family in calculating the
family's eligibility for the FIP Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits provided to
an adult or child who resides in the family.
[(f)] (E) (1) This subsection does not apply to a birth resulting from rape or
incest.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, temporary
cash assistance may not include the increment in cash benefits under the program for
which a recipient would otherwise be eligible as a result of the birth of a child 10 or
more months after the recipient's initial application for temporary cash assistance
benefits.
(3) Cash payments for a child may not be made to a family other than the
child's family unless the Social Services Administration has placed the child with the
other family.
(4) The Department shall provide for a recipient ineligible for an
increment in cash benefits under this subsection a child-specific benefit not to exceed
the value of the increment eliminated by this subsection for the purchase of goods
specified by the Department as suitable for the care of a minor.
(5) A local department may pay an administrative fee to a third party
payee to cover the administrative costs of the third party payee for managing the
child-specific benefit.
(6) The Secretary shall adopt regulations specifying the selection criteria
for third party payees under this subsection.
[(g)] (F) (1) The Secretary shall establish by regulation a schedule of
reductions and terminations of temporary cash assistance for noncompliance with FIP
requirements.
(2) Once an individual is found to be not in compliance with FIP
requirements, the caseworker shall investigate the reasons for noncompliance.
(3) The investigation, to the extent resources permit, shall include, but not
be limited to, personal contact with the family unit.
(4) The Secretary may reduce or terminate temporary cash assistance to a
family no earlier than 30 days subsequent to the first written notice sent of
noncompliance.
(5) For noncompliance with any FIP requirement other than a work
activity, temporary cash assistance shall be resumed upon compliance with the FIP
requirement.
(6) For noncompliance with a work activity, temporary cash assistance
shall be resumed in the following manner:
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