56-201. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act: (a) "State department" means the state department of health and welfare; (b) "Director" means the director of the department of health and welfare; (c) "Public welfare" means public assistance and social services; (d) "Social services" means activities of the department in efforts to bring about economic, social and […]
56-202. DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE. The director of the state department of health and welfare shall: (a) Administer public assistance and social services to eligible people; (b) Promulgate, adopt and enforce such rules and such methods of administration as may be necessary or proper to carry out the provisions […]
56-203. POWERS OF STATE DEPARTMENT. The state department shall have the power to: (1) Enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality whereby the state of Idaho shall receive federal grants-in-aid or other benefits for public assistance or public welfare purposes under any act or acts of congress […]
56-203A. AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT — SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. Whenever the department receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a child and it shall appear to the satisfaction of the department that said child has been abandoned by its parents, or that the child and one (1) parent have been […]
56-203B. PAYMENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CONSTITUTES DEBT TO DEPARTMENT BY PARENTS — LIMITATIONS — DEPARTMENT SUBROGATED TO RIGHTS. Any payment of public assistance money made to or for the benefit of any dependent child or children creates a debt due or owing to the department by the parent or others who are responsible […]
56-203C. POWERS OF DEPARTMENT. (1) In order to carry out its responsibilities imposed under this chapter and title IV-D of the social security act, the state department of health and welfare, through the attorney general or the respective county prosecuting attorney, or through private counsel is hereby authorized to take the following action: (a) Petition […]
56-203D. SET-OFF PROCEDURE FOR CHILD SUPPORT DEBT. (1) The state tax commission shall withhold and set-off any income tax or tax credit refund of any taxpayer upon notification from the department of health and welfare to collect any unpaid child support, including a judgment for reimbursement of public assistance, or unpaid spousal support. The state […]
56-203E. LOTTERY PRIZE SET-OFF PROCEDURE FOR SUPPORT DEBT. (1) The Idaho state lottery shall immediately withhold, set-off and transfer prize moneys of a lottery prize winner to the department of health and welfare upon notification and verification from the department of health and welfare to collect a support delinquency. The set-off or withholding of a […]
56-203F. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDERS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state department of health and welfare shall register a family support order or family support agreement originating in a foreign country prior to taking enforcement action on the resulting family support obligation. A foreign support order or foreign support agreement shall be […]
56-204A. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN. The state department is hereby authorized and directed to maintain, by the adoption of appropriate rules and regulations, activities which, through social casework and the use of other appropriate and available resources, shall embrace: (a) Protective services on behalf of children whose opportunities for normal physical, social and emotional growth and […]
56-204B. TEMPORARY SHELTER CARE. The state department shall provide places of shelter as authorized by law for the placement of children for temporary care who have been brought into the custody of the magistrate courts or who have been taken into custody for their protection by peace officers. Such places of shelter may be maintained […]
56-205. ISSUANCE OF SNAP BENEFITS. (1) In each month that the state department or its authorized agent issues benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) to eligible persons, such benefits shall be issued over the course of not less than ten (10) consecutive days within the month. (2) To reduce the burden on state […]
56-206. GENERAL ASSISTANCE. Public assistance awarded under the terms of this act which is not classified as old-age assistance, or aid to the blind, or assistance to families with children, or aid to the disabled, or medical assistance, shall be designated as general assistance. History: [56-206, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 6, p. 379; am. […]
56-207. OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE. Old-age assistance shall be awarded to needy people who have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years, are residents of the state, and who are not inmates of public institutions at the time of receiving assistance except as patients in public medical institutions and who are not patients in any institution for […]
56-208. AID TO THE BLIND. Aid to the blind shall be awarded to needy people who have no vision, or whose vision is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential, who are not receiving old-age assistance, and who are not inmates of public institutions at the time […]
56-209. ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. The director of the department is authorized to promulgate rules establishing assistance programs for eligible families, including temporary cash assistance, which will promote personal responsibility and self-sufficiency. The department shall define eligibility and other requirements of participation, and may establish time limitations, in conformity with federal law and regulation. […]
56-209a. AID TO THE DISABLED. Aid to the disabled shall be awarded to needy persons who are disabled and whose disability prevents self-support through employment for a period of at least one (1) year from the date of onset of the disability, but who are not inmates of public institutions (except as patients in medical […]
56-209b. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE — MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT. (1) Medical assistance shall be awarded to persons as mandated by federal law; and medical assistance may be awarded to such other persons not required to be awarded medical assistance as mandated by federal law when such award is to the fiscal advantage of the state of Idaho. […]
56-209c. DENIAL OF PAYMENT FOR ABORTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. No funds available to the department of health and welfare, by appropriation or otherwise, shall be used to pay for abortions, unless it is the recommendation of one (1) consulting physician that an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother, or unless the […]
56-209d. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM — SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED — EXPERIMENTAL SERVICES OR PROCEDURES EXCLUDED. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, medical assistance shall increase: (1) Payment as determined under rules established by the director from forty (40) days per fiscal year to unlimited days of inpatient hospital care per state fiscal year. (2) […]
