Section R6-12-601. Caretaker Relative of SSI or Foster Child

A.      A parent or NPCR with only a SSI recipient child, or a child who is receiving federal, state, or local foster care maintenance payments, may be eligible for CA upon meeting the eligibility criteria specified in this Chapter, except as otherwise provided in this Section.

B.       The Department shall consider the SSI recipient child, or fos- ter care recipient child, as an assistance unit member for pur- poses of qualifying the unit for CA based on need.

C.      If the assistance unit qualifies for CA pursuant to subsection (B), the Department shall not count the needs, resources, and income of the SSI recipient child, or foster care recipient child, when determining the benefit amount.

D.      Notwithstanding the provisions of R6-12-311, the parent or NPCR of a SSI recipient child, or a foster care recipient child, need not assign to the Department any rights to child support but shall assign any right to receive alimony or spousal main- tenance.

Historical Note

Adopted effective November 9, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Section repealed; new R6-12-601 renumbered from R6-12-602 by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R.

1141, effective July 1, 2010 (Supp. 10-2). Section heading corrected at request of the Department, Office File No. M10-246, filed June 29, 2010 (Supp. 12-2).

Note

Editor’s Note: The following Section was amended under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pur- suant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not sub- mit these rules to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.