PURPOSE: This rule outlines when assistance payments are due and payable to eligible claimants.

1. (1) Income Maintenance benefits shall be paid monthly in advance as follows:

   1. (A) Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), ADC—Unemployed Father, Nursing Care checks and the Medical Assistance Identification cards are for benefits due and payable on the first day of each month. These benefits will be mailed on the first of each month or on the first working day after the first if the first falls on a weekend or holiday. Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Aid to Families with Dependent Children—Unemployed Parent payments authorized by the Division of Family Services which are delivered by electronic benefits transfer shall be made available monthly in advance. The schedule for availability of benefits is as follows:

      1. 1. Benefits for cases in which the pay-

ee's birth month is January through March shall be available on the first day of the month;

1. 2. Benefits for cases in which the pay-

ee's birth month is April through June shall be available on the second day of the month;

1. 3. Benefits for cases in which the pay-

ee's birth month is July through September shall be available on the third day of the month; and

1. 4. Benefits for cases in which the pay-

ee's birth month is October through December shall be available on the fourth day of the month;

1. (B) General Relief and ADC—Foster Care benefits are due and payable on the fifth day of each month and will be mailed on the fifth of the month or the first working day after the fifth if the fifth falls on a weekend or a holiday; and
2. (C) Blind Pension, Supplemental Payments and Supplemental Aid to the Blind benefits are due and payable on the tenth of each month and will be mailed on the tenth of the month or on the first working day after the tenth if the tenth falls on a weekend or a holiday.

1. (2) Claimants receiving payments by means of electronic benefits transfer shall be required to use an electronic benefits transfer card on which there is a photographic identification of the payee for the benefits in order to gain access to the benefits. Good cause exemptions for requiring photographic identification on the electronic benefits transfer card may be allowed in the following circumstances:

   1. (A) The payee for the benefits belongs to a religion which prohibits members being photographed;
   2. (B) The payee for the benefits is housebound;
   3. (C) The payee for the benefits already possesses a valid electronic benefits transfer card issued by the Division of Family Services for use in the Food Stamp program;
   4. (D) A direct deposit AFDC benefit has been returned by the receiving bank and a temporary electronic benefits transfer card is issued to allow the recipient access to the returned benefits;
   5. (E) Lives in a remote area defined as more than a two (2)- hour round trip from home to the Department of Revenue office;
   6. (F) Unavailability of transportation; and
   7. (G) Circumstances beyond the members control such as, but not limited to illness, or illness of another household member requiring the presence of the head of household.

AUTHORITY: sections 207.020 and 208.182, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed Nov. 3, 1950, effective Nov. 13, 1950. Amended: Filed Feb. 27, 1974, effective March 9, 1974. Amended: Filed Feb. 6, 1975, effective Feb. 16, 1975. Amended: Filed May 1, 1996, effective Nov. 30, 1996. *Original authority 1945, amended 1961, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993.