2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 205 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 205.400 Energy Cost Assistance Program established -- Eligibility requirements -- Allocation of funds -- Payments.
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205.400 Energy Cost Assistance Program established
requirements -- Allocation of funds -- Payments.
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Eligibility
There is established within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services an
Energy Cost Assistance Program for making money payments to or on behalf
of citizens of the Commonwealth for the purpose of purchasing or
supplementing the cost of energy for household use.
Citizens of the Commonwealth who incur expenses for providing energy by
purchase from suppliers, by their own labors, or through the payment of rent,
whether or not included in a charge for other goods and services, which
includes the cost of energy supplied to premises occupied as their principal
residence, shall be eligible to receive the benefit of the payments to
themselves or to providers of energy to such household if:
(a) The citizen is sixty-two (62) years of age or older and has or is a member
of a family having a gross income equal to or less than one hundred
twenty-five percent (125%) of the poverty level of income for an individual
or family of that size designated by the Community Services
Administration of the United States government; or
(b) The citizen is blind or permanently and totally disabled and receiving
supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act or is
blind or permanently and totally disabled and is currently eligible for
Medicaid benefits under the Medical Assistance Program.
The cabinet shall establish by regulation a schedule of payments and benefit
levels under this program to be based on income, resources, and family size.
In no event shall payments be made to or on behalf of any person or family
whose gross income from all sources exceeds one hundred twenty-five percent
(125%) of the poverty level of income as provided for such individuals or family
by the Community Services Administration of the United States government.
Payments made under this section shall be for a period of four (4) months
during each twelve (12) month period for which funds are available. At its
discretion and to insure the proper application of the funds appropriated for this
purpose, the cabinet may elect to make payments to vendors or suppliers or
jointly to vendors and eligible recipients.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 225, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 192, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978.
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