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7 AAC 47.570. Adjustment of assistance. (a) If appropriations for assistance under AS 47.45.301 — 47.45.309 and 7 AAC 47.547 — 7 AAC 47.599 are insufficient to meet the demands for that assistance in a fiscal year, the department will take the following actions to reduce or eliminate the cash assistance benefit available to a recipient for that fiscal year:

(1) the department will first reduce in equal amounts the cash assistance benefit paid to each individual whose household income is above 100 percent, but does not exceed 175 percent, of the annual federal poverty line described in AS 47.45.302(a)(4);

(2) if the department reduces the benefit amount to $0 for individuals under (1) of this subsection and appropriations are still insufficient, the department will next reduce in equal amounts the benefit paid to each individual whose household income is above 75 percent, but does not exceed 100 percent, of the annual federal poverty line described in AS 47.45.302(a)(4);

(3) if the department reduces the benefit for each individual in (1) and (2) of this subsection to $0 and appropriations are still insufficient, the department will next reduce in equal amounts the benefit paid to each individual whose household income does not exceed 75 percent of the annual federal poverty line described in AS 47.45.302(a)(4). (b) If the department reduces benefits under (a)(3) of this section, the department may close the program to new applicants for a time period not longer than the end of the current fiscal year to prevent additional benefit reductions to individuals whose household income does not exceed 75 percent of the annual federal poverty line described in AS 47.45.302(a)(4). (c) Before making any benefit reductions under (a) of this section, the department will notify all individuals currently receiving benefits under AS 47.45.301 — 47.45.309 and 7 AAC 47.547 — 7 AAC 47.599 of the amount of the reduction. (Eff. 2/27/2016, Register 217) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.45.302

AS 47.45.301 AS 47.45.304 Editor’s note: Section 1, ch. 11, SLA 2016 renumbered former AS 47.45.302(a)(3) as AS 47.45.302(a)(4), without amending the substance of that provision. As of Register 219 (October 2016), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions