Utah Code Ann. § 35A-3-401 – General Assistance.

(1)
1. (a) The department may provide General Assistance to individuals who are:
  1. (i) not receiving cash assistance under Part 3, Family Employment Program, or Supplemental Security Income; and
  2. (ii) unemployable according to standards established by the department.
2. (b)
  1. (i) General Assistance described in Subsection (1)(a) may include payment in cash or in kind.
  2. (ii) The department may provide General Assistance up to an amount that is no more than the existing payment level for an otherwise similarly situated recipient receiving cash assistance under Part 3, Family Employment Program.
  3. (iii) Funding for General Assistance is nonlapsing.
3. (c) The department shall establish asset limitations for a General Assistance applicant.
4. (d)
  1. (i) General Assistance may be granted to meet special nonrecurrent needs of an applicant for the federal Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program provided under 20 C.F.R. Sec. 416, if the applicant agrees to reimburse the department for assistance advanced to the applicant while awaiting the determination of eligibility by the Social Security Administration.
  2. (ii)
    1. (A) Reimbursements to the department described in Subsection (1)(d)(i) up to and including $250,000 collected in a fiscal year shall be used by the department to administer the General Assistance program and provide General Assistance to eligible applicants.
    2. (B) Reimbursements to the department described in Subsection (1)(d)(i) over $250,000 collected in a fiscal year shall be deposited into the General Fund.
  3. (iii) General Assistance payments may not be made to a recipient currently receiving:
    1. (A) cash assistance; or
    2. (B) Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled.
5. (e)
  1. (i) General Assistance may be used for the reasonable cost of burial for a recipient if heirs or relatives are not financially able to assume this expense.
  2. (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(e)(i), if the body of a person is unclaimed, Section 26B-8-225 applies.
  3. (iii) The department shall fix the cost of a reasonable burial and conditions under which burial expenditures may be made.
(2) The department may cooperate with any governmental unit or agency, or any private nonprofit agency, in establishing work projects to provide employment for employable persons.

Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session