§ 142-a. Federal economic opportunity act grants or payments; effect
on eligibility for certain public assistance or care.

Any inconsistent provisions of titles ten and eleven of article five,
other provisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding,
in determining the need for public assistance or care under such titles:

1. Any grant made to a family under title III of the federal economic
opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four shall not be regarded as
income or resources of such family in determining the need of any member
thereof for such public assistance or care.

2. The first eighty-five dollars plus one-half of the excess over
eighty-five dollars of payments made to or on behalf of any person for
or with respect to any month under title I or II of the federal economic
opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four or any program assisted
under such title shall not be regarded as income or resources of such
person in determining his need for such public assistance or care, or as
income or resources of any other individual in determining such other
individual's need for such public assistance or care; but any amount
made available to or for the benefit of such other individual from the
excess of the amounts exempted hereby may be considered in determining
the eligibility of such other individual for such public assistance or
care.