Section 40-6-26. – Severability.
§ 40-6-26. Severability. If any provision in any section of this chapter, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances is held invalid, its invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this […]
Section 40-6-27. – Supplemental Security Income.
§ 40-6-27. Supplemental Security Income. (a)(1) The director of the department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements on behalf of the state with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services or other appropriate federal officials, under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program established by Title XVI of the Social Security Act, […]
Section 40-6-27.1. – Supplementary cash assistance program for severely disabled and elderly residents.
§ 40-6-27.1. Supplementary cash assistance program for severely disabled and elderly residents. (a) There is hereby established a cash assistance program for disabled and elderly legal immigrant residents of the state who received a state supplementary assistance payment under § 40-6-27 on July 1, 1997, who are in need, and who become ineligible after July […]
Section 40-6-27.2. – Supplementary cash assistance payment for certain Supplemental Security Income recipients.
§ 40-6-27.2. Supplementary cash assistance payment for certain Supplemental Security Income recipients. There is hereby established a $206 monthly payment for disabled and elderly individuals who, on or after July 1, 2012, receive the state supplementary assistance payment for an individual in a state-licensed assisted-living residence under § 40-6-27 and further reside in an assisted-living […]
Section 40-6-28. – Interim cash assistance for individuals with disabilities.
§ 40-6-28. Interim cash assistance for individuals with disabilities. (a) Interim cash assistance payments shall be provided to individuals determined by the director, or his or her designee, to have applied for and to have been approved for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., […]
Section 40-6-29. – Healthcare benefits — Employers — Discrimination against public assistance recipients.
§ 40-6-29. Healthcare benefits — Employers — Discrimination against public assistance recipients. (a) No employer in the state who shall hire, contract with, or employ an individual (hereinafter “recipient”) who has been determined eligible to receive public assistance or medical assistance under chapters 6 and 5.1 and 8.4 of this title, or chapter 12.3 of […]
Section 40-6-20. – Prosecution of criminal actions.
§ 40-6-20. Prosecution of criminal actions. All criminal actions for any violation of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter pertaining to the department, shall be prosecuted by the attorney general or by any qualified member of the Rhode Island bar who shall be designated by the director and approved by […]
Section 40-6-21. – Child support — Income tax refund offset.
§ 40-6-21. Child support — Income tax refund offset. The department is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the federal and state programs for offset and collection of past-due child and spousal support from income tax refunds, as authorized by Sections 6305(b) and 6402(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. […]
Section 40-6-21.1. – Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity — Hospital-based program.
§ 40-6-21.1. Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity — Hospital-based program. (a) The department of human services is authorized and directed to establish, in accordance with the requirements of Title IV-D, § 466(a)(5) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5), a hospital-based program for the voluntary acknowledgement of paternity during the period immediately preceding or […]
Section 40-6-21.2. – Child medical support garnishment — State income tax offset.
§ 40-6-21.2. Child medical support garnishment — State income tax offset. (a) The department of human services may garnish the wages, salary, or other income of, and withhold amounts from state income tax refunds due to, any person who: (1) Is required by court or administrative order to provide coverage of the cost of health […]