Effective - 28 Aug 2002
660.110. Coordination and administration of heating and cooling assistance programs into the Utilicare program by department of social services. — The department of social services shall be responsible for coordination of all federal heating assistance programs into the utilicare program and shall provide plans for the implementation and administration of these programs. The department may contract with local not-for-profit community agencies which render energy assistance pursuant to affiliation or contract with the United States Community Service Administration or another federal agency to distribute the federal moneys, to administer the federal heating and cooling assistance programs in accordance with the plan developed by the department and to provide certain administrative services in connection with the utilicare program which may include the processing of utilicare applications and any other service which the department deems practical. Insofar as possible, within the provisions of federal law and regulations, all payments made from funds available from the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 and other federal sources shall be made directly to energy suppliers in a manner similar to payments made under the state utilicare program.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 545, et al. § 3, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1177, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 263, A.L. 2002 S.B. 810)