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STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 50 - L.D. 80
An Act to Improve Family Economic Security Under the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families Program
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3762, sub-§3, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §176,
is amended by repealing subparagraph (7-D), division (a) and enacting the following in its
place:
(a) One hundred percent of:
(i) All earned income received for the first 3 months of employment that
began while participating in TANF; or
(ii) The first 3 months of any increase in earned income received while
participating in TANF.
Any month in which the disregard under this division does not increase the
recipient's benefit above that which the benefit would be if the disregard in
division (c) is applied does not count as a month in which earned income is
disregarded under this division;
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3762, sub-§3, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §176,
is amended by repealing subparagraph (7-D), division (b) and enacting the following in its
place:
(b) Seventy-five percent of:
(i) All earned income received for the 4th to 6th months of employment
that began while participating in TANF; or
(ii) The 4th to 6th months of any increase in earned income received while
participating in TANF.
Any month in which the disregard under this division does not increase the
recipient's benefit above that which the benefit would be if the disregard in
division (c) is applied does not count as a month in which earned income is
disregarded under this division;
APPROVED
APRIL 21, 2023
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
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PUBLIC LAW