Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 476 - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Chapter 3 - PAYMENTS
Section 476-3-002 - Payment Recipients
Universal Citation: 476 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 3 ยง 002
Current through September 17, 2024
Payment recipient information is below.
002.01 PROVIDER. The Department makes payment on behalf of an eligible household directly to a provider. To ensure payment, a household must provide the Department with the applicable provider name and account number.
002.01(A)
REFUND. If
a household disconnects service from a provider that has received payment from
the Department on the household's behalf, and at the time of the disconnect the
household has a credit balance with the provider, the provider will refund the
full credit balance to the Department. If the most recent payment by the
Department to the provider on behalf of the household occurred before the
current program year, the Department will remit the full credit amount to the
household. If the most recent payment by the Department to the provider on
behalf of the household occurred during the current program year, the
Department will remit to the household the difference between the credit
balance and the total amount of all payments by the Department to the provider
on behalf of the household during the program year, if any.
002.02 HOUSEHOLD. Only if utilities are included in rent or if a provider cannot or will not receive electronic payments from the Department may the Department pay a household directly.
002.02(A)
RESTRICTIONS. A household may not access Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program funds, either by automated teller machine
withdrawal or point-of-sale purchase, from liquor stores, casinos, gambling
casinos, gaming establishment, or any retail establishment that provides
adult-oriented entertainment where performers disrobe or perform in an
unclothed state for entertainment.
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