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An Act To Prevent Beneficiaries under the Statewide Food Supplement Program from Carrying Forward Unused Benefit Amounts
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §3104, sub-§15  is enacted to read:
 
15.  Unused benefit amounts.     Any unused balance in excess of $1,000 representing statewide food supplement program benefits that were not used in the previous calendar year in a recipient's electronic benefits transfer account on January 1st must be transferred from the account to the General Fund.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires that any unused balance in excess of $1,000 representing statewide food supplement program benefits that were not used in the previous calendar year in a recipient's electronic benefits transfer account on January 1st must be transferred from the account to the General Fund.