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FCC 54.409
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 54.409 Consumer qualification for Lifeline.
(a) To qualify to receive Lifeline service in a state that mandates
state Lifeline support, a consumer must meet the eligibility criteria
established by the state commission for such support. The state
commission shall establish narrowly targeted qualification criteria
that are based solely on income or factors directly related to income.
A state containing geographic areas included in the definition of
"reservation" and "near reservation," as defined in § 54.400(e), must
ensure that its qualification criteria are reasonably designed to apply
to low-income individuals living in such areas.
(b) To qualify to receive Lifeline service in a state that does not
mandate state Lifeline support, a consumer's income, as defined in
§ 54.400(f), must be at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
or a consumer must participate in one of the following federal
assistance programs: Medicaid; Food Stamps; Supplemental Security
Income; Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8); Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Program; National School Lunch Program's free lunch
program; or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
(c) A consumer that lives on a reservation or near a reservation, but
does not meet the qualifications for Lifeline specified in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this section, nonetheless shall be a "qualifying
low-income consumer" as defined in § 54.400(a) and thus an "eligible
resident of Tribal lands" as defined in § 54.400(e) and shall qualify
to receive Tiers One, Two, and Four Lifeline service if the individual
participates in one of the following federal assistance programs:
Bureau of Indian Affairs general assistance; Tribally administered
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Head Start (only those meeting
its income qualifying standard); or National School Lunch Program's
free lunch program. Such qualifying low-income consumer shall also
qualify for Tier-Three Lifeline support, if the carrier offering the
Lifeline service is not subject to the regulation of the state and
provides carrier-matching funds, as described in § 54.403(a)(3). To
receive Lifeline support under this paragraph for the eligible resident
of Tribal lands, the eligible telecommunications carrier offering the
Lifeline service to such consumer must obtain the consumer's signature
on a document certifying under penalty of perjury that the consumer
receives benefits from at least one of the programs mentioned in this
paragraph or paragraph (b) of this section, and lives on or near a
reservation, as defined in § 54.400(e). In addition to identifying in
that document the program or programs from which that consumer receives
benefits, an eligible resident of Tribal lands also must agree to
notify the carrier if that consumer ceases to participate in the
program or programs. Such qualifying low-income consumer shall also
qualify for Tier-Three Lifeline support, if the carrier offering the
Lifeline service is not subject to the regulation of the state and
provides carrier-matching funds, as described in § 54.403(a)(3).
(d) In a state that does not mandate state Lifeline support, each
eligible telecommunications carrier providing Lifeline service to a
qualifying low-income consumer pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of
this section must obtain that consumer's signature on a document
certifying under penalty of perjury that:
(1) The consumer receives benefits from one of the programs listed in
paragraphs (b) or (c) of this section, and identifying the program or
programs from which that consumer receives benefits, or
(2) The consumer's household meets the income requirement of paragraph
(b) of this section, and that the presented documentation of income, as
described in § § 54.400(f), 54.410(a)(ii), accurately represents the
consumer's household income; and
(3) The consumer will notify the carrier if that consumer ceases to
participate in the program or programs or if the consumer's income
exceeds 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
[ 65 FR 47905 , Aug. 4, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 41942 , July 16, 2003;
69 FR 34600 , June 22, 2004]
Goto Section: 54.407 | 54.410
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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