53-4-260. Child support payment pass-through and income disregard. (1) For those families receiving monthly grants of temporary assistance for needy families, an amount equal to the amount of current child support collected on behalf of the family for the current month, not including arrearages, up to $100 for each family, must be disregarded in determining the income and eligibility calculations for the grant, and that amount must be passed through to the family.
(2) The department shall use temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds received as federal special revenue for the purposes of subsection (1).
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 558, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 53. Social Services and Institutions
Chapter 4. Children's Services
Part 2. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) -- General Provisions
53-4-202. Cash assistance to be in effect in all counties
53-4-204. through 53-4-208 reserved
53-4-209. Montana parents as scholars program -- department duties
53-4-210. Tribal family assistance plan
53-4-212. Department to adopt rules
53-4-213. Department rules binding
53-4-214. Distribution of copies of law and forms by department
53-4-215. Cooperation with federal government
53-4-218. through 53-4-220 reserved
53-4-221. State administration
53-4-222. County administration subject to rules prescribed by department
53-4-224. through 53-4-230 reserved
53-4-232. Application for assistance
53-4-233. Eligibility determination for applications
53-4-237. Stepparent resources and income
53-4-238. through 53-4-240 reserved
53-4-241. Amount of assistance determined by department rules
53-4-242. Periodic reconsideration of assistance
53-4-244. Payments to person interested in child's welfare in lieu of special guardianship
53-4-248. Parents liable to department for public assistance payments
53-4-251. through 53-4-254 reserved
53-4-258. and 53-4-259 reserved
53-4-260. Child support payment pass-through and income disregard