An Act To Expand Transitional Assistance for Families
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0078
Committee Amendment CA_A_H69 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §3762

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A "to H.P. 61, L.D. 78, Bill, "An Act To Expand 
Transitional Assistance for Families" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3762, sub-§8, ~B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 291, §6, is 
further amended to read: 
B. The department shall provide limited transitional transportation benefits to meet 
employment-related costs to ASPIRE-T ANF program participants who lose 
eligibility for T ANF assistance due to employment. The department may also make 
transitional transportation benefits available to families in which one or both adults 
are working and who, although they remain financially eligible for T ANF benefits, 
request that their benefits be terminated. Benefits may be provided for up to 12 
months following loss of T ANF eligibility. The department may adopt rules that 
impose a weekly limit on available transitional transportation benefits and that 
require a contribution from each participant toward the cost of transportation. 
Sec. 2. Rules on transitional transportation assistance. The Department of 
Health and Human Services shall amend the rules on transitional transportation assistance 
for families who lose eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families program due to increased employment income. The amended rules must allow 
those families up to one year after termination from T ANF assistance to apply for 
transitional transportation assistance. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine 
technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 
2-A.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment allows the Department of Health 
and Human Services to make transitional transportation benefits available to families in 
which one or both adults are working and who, although they remain financially eligible 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 61, L.D. 78 
for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits, request that their benefits be 
terminated. 
The amendment directs the department to adopt rules on transitional 
transportation assistance for families who lose eligibility for benefits under the T ANF 
program due to increased employment income. The amended rules must allow those 
families up to one year after termination from T ANF assistance to apply for transitional 
transportation assistance. The rules are designated as routine technical rules. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/15/13 
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LD78 
LR 596(02) 
An Act To Expand Transitional Assistance for Families 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment J\" {H .. &:f/"'" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Federal Block Grant Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services are expected to be minor and can be absorbed 
within existing budgeted resources. 
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