Section 476-3-002 - Payment Recipients Payment recipient information is below.
002.01PROVIDER. 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.002.02HOUSEHOLD. 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.476 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 3, § 002
Amended effective 12/26/2020