ARTICLE 21 SUBSTITUTE A

RELATING TO GENERAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE -- HARDSHIP CONTINGENCY FUND

SECTION 1. Hardship Contingency Fund – FY 2010 – Out of the general revenue sum

appropriated to the department of human services in Article 1 for general public assistance, the

sum of four hundred seventy eight thousand dollars ($478,000) may be used as a hardship

contingency fund for the purposes and subject to the limitations hereinafter provided. The state

controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her order upon the general treasurer for

the payment of such sums or such portions thereof as may be required from time to time upon

receipt by him or her of duly authenticated vouchers. From the aforesaid appropriation for

hardship contingency, the director of the department of human services, in his or her sole

discretion, may authorize payments of cash assistance benefits up to two hundred dollars ($200)

per month upon a showing of hardship by an individual who is eligible for general public

assistance medical benefits under §40-6-3.1; provided, however, that individuals who are

determined eligible for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) under Title XIX of the Social Security

Act, 42 U.S.C. §1396 et seq., or who are determined eligible to receive an interim cash assistance

payment for the disabled pursuant to §40-6-28, shall not be eligible for assistance under this

section. The director shall not be required to promulgate any new, additional or separate rules or

regulations in connection with his or her disbursement of the contingency fund created hereby.

SECTION 2. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2009.