APPROVED CHAPTER
FEBRUARY 15, 2024 501
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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S.P. 865 - L.D. 2037
An Act to Align the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with
Federal Regulations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3104, sub-§16, as amended by PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. OO, §12,
is further amended to read:
16. Certain lottery and gambling winners ineligible. A recipient of household
receiving food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may be
denied food assistance as described in this subsection.
A. Lottery Gross lottery and gambling winnings of $5,000 or more, actually received
after any offsets to the winnings required by law by an individual in the recipient's
household within one calendar month equal to or greater than the maximum allowable
financial resource limit for elderly or disabled households, as provided in federal
regulations governing SNAP, won in a single game disqualifies the household from
receiving food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program until
financial eligibility guidelines set forth in department rule are met.
B. The department shall enter into an agreement with the Department of
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery
Operations, pursuant to which the bureau shall provide the department with reports no
less than monthly to assist the department in determining whether an individual in the
recipient's household a recipient of SNAP benefits has received lottery and gambling
winnings of $5,000 or more within one calendar month equal to or greater than the
maximum allowable financial resource limit for elderly or disabled households, as
provided in federal regulations governing SNAP.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2037, SP 865: 22.3104
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 501: 22.3104