NAC704.680474. Criteria for eligibility as qualifying low-income subscriber; documentation of qualification.

     1. To be eligible as a qualifying low-income subscriber for the purposes of NAC 704.680475 and 704.680477:

     (a) The total household gross income of the subscriber must not exceed:

          (1) One hundred seventy-five percent of the federally established poverty levels set forth for the number of persons in the household of that subscriber if a competitive supplier that is an incumbent local exchange carrier provides telecommunication service; or

          (2) One hundred fifty percent of the federally established poverty levels set forth for the number of persons in the household of that subscriber if telecommunication service is provided by:

               (I) A small-scale provider of last resort;

               (II) A competitive supplier that is not an incumbent local exchange carrier; or

               (III) A provider of telecommunication service that has filed with the Commission the information required by NAC 704.7862;

     (b) The name of the subscriber must appear on the list provided by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 707.470 or the subscriber must receive benefits from one or more of the following programs of assistance:

          (1) Medicaid;

          (2) Food stamps;

          (3) Supplemental security income;

          (4) Federal public housing assistance;

          (5) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance;

          (6) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; or

          (7) National School Lunch Program;

     (c) The residential premises at which the subscriber receives telecommunication service must be the principal place of residence of the subscriber; and

     (d) The subscriber must have only one telephone line serving his or her residential premises.

     2. To demonstrate the qualification set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the subscriber must submit to the provider of telecommunication service that serves the subscriber documentation which demonstrates the total household gross income of the subscriber from one or more of the following sources:

     (a) The subscriber’s most recent federal income or tribal tax return for the subscriber’s household; or

     (b) All statements of income, as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400(f), for the subscriber’s household for 3 consecutive months within the 12 months preceding the anticipated initiation of service to be provided pursuant to a Lifeline program.

     3. To demonstrate the qualifications set forth in subparagraphs (1) to (7), inclusive, of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the subscriber must submit to the provider of telecommunication service that serves the subscriber documentation which proves that the subscriber receives benefits from one or more of the following programs of assistance:

     (a) Medicaid;

     (b) Food stamps;

     (c) Supplemental security income;

     (d) Federal public housing assistance;

     (e) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance;

     (f) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; or

     (g) National School Lunch Program.

     4. The documentation required pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, as applicable, must be presented to and accepted by the provider of telecommunication service before the provider of telecommunication service may enroll the subscriber in the Lifeline or Link Up services. A provider of telecommunication service shall retain such documentation in accordance with 47 C.F.R. § 54.417, as that section existed on September 7, 2005.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R051-05, 9-7-2005; R006-09, 10-27-2009)