The amount of State aid to which an eligible person is entitled shall be determined with due regard to the income, resources, and maintenance available to him or her and, when an eligible person lives with his or her ineligible spouse or a needy essential person, or both, as defined by the Commissioner, with due regard to the needs of the ineligible spouse and with due regard to the needs, income and resources of the needy essential person. As far as funds are available, aid shall provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health. The Commissioner for Children and Families may by regulation fix maximum amounts of aid and take measures to insure that the expenditures for the programs shall not exceed the funds provided for them. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 3; amended 1973, No. 75, § 6, eff. date, see note under § 1301 of this title; 1973, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. April 14, 1974; 1977, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.); 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 87.)