Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth
Section 3 - Ineligibility for Benefits

[ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2021. For text effective July 1, 2021, see below.]
  Section 3. A person shall not be eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter if said person is eligible to receive assistance under chapter one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and eighteen or who would be eligible under chapter one hundred and eighteen but for income or assets, or who is eligible to receive unemployment compensation under chapter one hundred and fifty-one A.
[ First paragraph as amended by 2021, 24, Sec. 46 effective July 1, 2021. See 2021, 24, Sec. 149. For text effective until July 1, 2021, see above.]
  A person shall not be eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter if said person is eligible to receive assistance under chapter one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and eighteen or is eligible to receive unemployment compensation under chapter one hundred and fifty-one A.
[ Paragraph inserted following the first paragraph added by 2021, 71, Sec. 1 effective July 1, 2021.]
  A person shall not be denied assistance under this chapter based wholly or in part on the amount of the person's assets; provided, however, that any income generated by such assets may be treated as countable income.
  The department shall not consider ex-offenders, persons over the age of forty-five with no recent work history, or persons in residential treatment facilities as eligible solely by virtue of such status.

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