00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 262(HSS)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to eligibility requirements of the Alaska senior benefits payment                                      
02 program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 47.45.302(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  An individual is eligible for a cash assistance benefit under the program if                            
06       the individual                                                                                                    
07                 (1)  is 65 years of age or older;                                                                       
08                 (2)  is a resident of the state;                                                                        
09                 (3)  is a                                                                                           
10                      (A)  citizen of the United States; or                                                          
11                      (B)  "qualified alien," as defined under 8 U.S.C. 1641, and is                                 
12            not precluded by the limited eligibility provision of 8 U.S.C. 1613;                                     
13                 (4)  has a household income that does not exceed 175 percent of the                                 
14       annual federal poverty line for Alaska, as determined by the United States Department                             

01       of Health and Human Services and revised under 42 U.S.C. 9902(2);                                                 
02                 (5) [(4)]  has not received a longevity bonus payment under                                         
03       AS 47.45.010 - 47.45.160 for the same period; and                                                                 
04                 (6) [(5)]  applies in the format prescribed [ON A FORM                                          
05       PROVIDED] by the department; the department may use an abbreviated form for an                                    
06       individual who received a payment under an assistance program for seniors that paid                               
07       $120 a month and was administered by the department on or before July 29, 2007.                                   
08    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2016.