| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3825 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §3825.__Exceptions to collection |
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| | | Notwithstanding this chapter, an overpayment may not be | | collected from an individual who was a minor in the household but | | was not the head of household at the time the overpayment | | accrued. |
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| | | This bill prohibits the Department of Human Services from | | collecting overpayments accrued in public benefit programs from | | people who were minors in the household at the time that their | | parent or other caretaker received the overpayment. |
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