1. A. A recipient is liable for all payments made on the recipient’s behalf in excess of the maximum allowable benefit.
2. B. The Office shall require the recipient’s fuel vendor and utility vendor to return the amount of an overpayment from any unused benefit to the Office.
3. C. In the event a fuel vendor or utility vendor cannot apply a benefit to a recipient’s active account, the fuel vendor or utility vendor shall return to the Office any unused benefit.

Authority: Human Services Article, §§5-5A-07, 5-5A-08, and 5-608, Annotated Code of Maryland
(Agency Note: Federal Regulatory Reference — 45 CFR 96, Subpart H)

Effective date: July 16, 2020 (47:14 Md. R. 674)