State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Human-services > Title-5 > Subtitle-4 > 5-406§ 5-406. Granting of assistance.
(a) In general.- The local department shall:
(1) determine:
(i) whether an applicant is eligible for assistance under this part; and
(ii) in accordance with regulations that the Administration adopts, the amount of the assistance and the date on which the assistance will begin; and
(2) notify the applicant of its decision.
(b) Frequency of payments.- Assistance shall be paid to the applicant monthly or as the Administration otherwise determines.
(c) Insufficient funds.- If the funds available are insufficient to make payments in accordance with the amount of assistance established to be needed, the Administration shall adopt regulations to provide for a uniform method of adjusting individual payments.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 71; 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]
