00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 262                                                                          
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 citizen of the United States or a qualified alien under 8                                 
10       U.S.C 1641;                                                                                                   
11                 (4) [(3)] has a household income that does not exceed 175 percent of                                
12       the annual federal poverty line for Alaska, as determined by the United States                                    
13       Department of Health and Human Services and revised under 42 U.S.C. 9902(2);                                    
14                 (5) [(4)]  has not received a longevity bonus payment under                                         

01       AS 47.45.010 - 47.45.160 for the same period; and                                                                 
02                 (6) [(5)]  applies in the format prescribed [ON A FORM                                          
03       PROVIDED] by the department; the department may use an abbreviated form for an                                    
04       individual who received a payment under an assistance program for seniors that paid                               
05       $120 a month and was administered by the department on or before July 29, 2007.                                   
06    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2016.