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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 07.03.05.11" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="05" heading="Delivery of Assistance.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To the extent that resources and staff are available, the local department shall provide assistance in an amount up to $185, deducting the countable unearned income, to eligible individuals in accordance with this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The local department may suspend or terminate TDAP eligibility if the individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>No longer meets the technical eligibility or need requirements of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Leaves the State temporarily and for more than 1 month; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Refuses to cooperate with any quality control review.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Payee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A payee is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The eligible individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A judicially appointed legal representative, guardian, trustee, or committee; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A representative payee appointed by the local department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An eligible individual may not be the payee if the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Medical diagnosis identifies an active medical condition of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Alcoholism; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Drug addiction; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Recipient is not actively participating in a treatment program or in remission from active substance abuse.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the payee is a representative payee appointed by the local department, the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Initial and subsequent decisions and plan for payments to the representative payee shall be reviewed and approved by the appropriate supervisory staff;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Decision and plan shall be reviewed at each application;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Individual selected as a representative payee may not be:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Family Investment Program staff;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An individual with a known substance abuse problem; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>An entity which deals with eligible individuals for a profit, which would create a conflict of interest; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Local department shall terminate protective payments when they are no longer required by the provisions of §C(2) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An individual is not required to accept assistance from a religious organization if acceptance violates the individual's bona fide religious beliefs and practices.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>