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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-06-08 92-305 ORDINANCEk,omen Action Cate JmIIIe 8, 1992 Item No, 9_ 3 Item/Subject: Amerclinq Chapter II, A Cle 21 of the ONinances of the City of Responsible Departmmi Beavi aN {ppy4.w Bar Aar Commentary: Recent legislation Iles established a system whereby the City of Bangor and the state will autacetically be reimbtusel fbr blow Cerebral Assistance given ta a paean while that recipient is waiting for an SSI eligibility determination if that Person suilsequenllY receives a xetmactive, lump sun Payment. This legis]a+ion was Part of the budget bill signet into lav on April -1-; 1992 and will barred effective on July 1, 1992. The SSI applicvt MIST sign a ,.,:mnrsmen[ form which is to be issued by CHI The retroactive payment will W directly fret the Social Security x]nmirmistration to rets, where the city/state. - share will be diverted; with the reaaiMex of the lump sur p3ltirent being passel through to the SSI recipient[. CRS lopes to issue £oxer; and instrvctiorts as soon as lossiblea after July 1. it is my wdevstanling that repayment obligations will go beck to the date the fora is signed. Dafen If Irri Manager's Comments: �M.rnage Associated Information: Budget Approval: Rine c: Dire Legal Approval: CitySolieiwr Introduced For Passage Page L of First Heading RefepPeno- _ Assigned to Councilor Seal June 8,1992 - CITY OF BANGOR 92 306 (TITLE.) (Drbinance, Amending Rkpter 11, m Vile 2 pf the rne, Citi of Bangor Public Hadth and INelfare Oqjotoasant Be ordained by the City Coyadi of the City dBanpor, as fd : That Section 5.11.G. be deleted in its entirety and replace with the following G. Hetscactive Benefits. If an applicant/recipient - a lurp am payment after an initial application, that layman must be prorated over future months. The period of proration is detexmine3 by disregarding any portion of the lup sum payment that the aWlicant/recipient has spent to purchase basic necessities, including but not limited to: all basic necessities provided by general assisttnce; payments of funeral or burial expenses for afm�ily mm1her; travel costs relator] to the illness or death of a family member; repair or replacenaR of essentials lost due to fire, £load or other natural disaster; repair o purchase of a motor m vehicle essential for ployaentc education, training or sliest day to day living necessi- ties, and paprent of bills earnerlced for the purpose for which the lmp sum is paid. The period of proration is deterrtdne9 by dividing the mainder of the lump am payment by the maximum mmenthly anount of assistance that the husehnld any receive. That dividend shall represent the period of proration, which shall be determined by the c m caseworker to coemw on the date of receipt of the lug sun payment. The prorated sum for each ninth must be considered vailable to the household for 12 mnths from the date of application or during the puiod of proration, whichever is less, except that an applicant my not be considered ineligible to receive emergency assistance under 22MR4A Section 4308, Sukeection 2, or urnler 22MRSA Section 4310 during the period of proration. 11ie loop 92 305 am Provisions of this subsection alply only to applicants or recipients who have recelAj prior notice of the provisions. NOL ithsta�irg any other provisions of law, the city of Bangor shall have a lien for the value of all general assistance payments made to a recipient on any Iu,p sun payments made to said recipient under the W.arkers" COM ensation Act of the State Of Maine or similar law of any other state. All applicants who recaave generalistance while receipt of their Supplasental Security Inepre (SSI) assistance is peiding or suapa hsi, ata which therefore maybe retroactively issued to the applicant at a later date, will he required to sign a statarent on a form distributes by the Department of Boman Ee ices that authorizes the Social Security # nistration to direct a portion of any retroactive SSI paynent,to the City of Bangor aWor the state in repayment for the general assistance granted. Any general assistance applicant who has applied or who may be applying for SSI or who nay be required to apply for SSI pursuant to 22 1RtSA s4317, arxi who refuses to sign such an authorization will be found ineligible foi general assistance until he/she provides the required signature. 92-xv ORDINANCE ( TITLE.) Amending Cbancer it, Article 21 IN CITY COUNCIL of the Ordinances of the City of Bangor Rene 8, 1992 Received loo reaaiag. Public Health and welfare Oepartuent Jun Referred to Appropriate -DA ! a Committee.harvlucei ami (t(ei by L�V CITY CR1:' - �q liNn In City CounMl June 22,1992 passed Vote 8 Yee 1 Absent Voting Yes Baldecei, Blanchette, - Bragg, Cohen.. snkel, Saxl, study Stone Absent Sawyer �tL[ Ilb! sem, City er r cP