46-132. Special services unit A. There shall be a special services unit in the department of economic security. B. The supervisor of the special services unit shall be qualified with appropriate investigative or legal background. He shall be responsible to the director for the following: 1. Performing such special investigating duties in any county in […]
46-132.01. Depositions; attendance of witnesses; production of papers In the discharge of the duties imposed by section 46-132, the supervisor of the special services unit or a duly authorized representative of the unit may take depositions and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other […]
46-133. Duties of attorney general A. The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the department. B. The attorney general shall prosecute and defend in the name of the state all actions necessary to enforce the provisions of this title. Upon request of the state department, the attorney general shall designate for such time […]
46-134. Powers and duties; expenditure; limitation The state department shall: 1. Administer all forms of public relief and assistance except those that by law are administered by other departments, agencies or boards. 2. Develop a section of rehabilitation for the visually impaired that shall include a sight conservation section, a vocational rehabilitation section in accordance […]
46-135. Power to promulgate rules concerning confidential nature of records The state department shall establish such reasonable regulations as it deems necessary to protect confidential information. In no event shall the names of any recipient be made available for political or commercial purposes.
46-136. Powers of state department regarding work projects for unemployed persons A. The state department may institute work projects for the employment of needy unemployed persons being granted public assistance. The nature of the work projects shall be determined by the state department and the governing body of the county, municipal government or school district […]
46-137. Administrative expenses A. Administrative expenses shall be paid from funds made available for that purpose by the legislature or by the federal government or any of its agencies. Federal grants for research, demonstration projects, or training, or older Americans’ act administration may be used in addition to the appropriation. B. In this section, " […]
46-138. Expenditures for public welfare The total amount which may be expended in any fiscal year by the state department for each of the objects and purposes provided by this title shall in no event exceed the amount appropriated in the general appropriation bill for each such object or purpose and any monies granted by […]
46-138.01. Public assistance and administration revolving fund A. There is created the permanent public assistance and administration revolving fund in the amount of four hundred thousand dollars for use of the state department for the purpose of disbursing: 1. Initial public assistance payments to those individuals and families newly certified as eligible for one or […]
46-138.02. Duplicate checks; notice; form and effect A. When it appears to the satisfaction of the director of the department of economic security by affidavit or otherwise that any check drawn against the revolving fund has been lost or destroyed prior to payment and there is no reasonable probability of its being found or presented, […]
46-139. Notification; federal poverty guidelines The department shall notify the health and human services committee of the senate and the health committee of the house of representatives, or their successor committees, within thirty days after the federal government decides to no longer calculate and publish the federal poverty guidelines.
46-140. Duty of employees to report violations; penalties for failure to do so A. When a person employed under this title interviews or consults an applicant for or recipient of assistance or services authorized by this title, and is informed that the applicant or recipient has by mistake, by withholding facts, or in any other […]
46-140.01. Verifying applicants for public benefits; violation; classification; citizen suits (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies.) A. An agency of this state and all of its political subdivisions, including local governments, that are responsible for the administration of state and local public benefits that are not federally mandated shall do all of the following: 1. Verify […]
46-141. Criminal record information checks; fingerprinting employees and applicants; definition A. Each license granted by the department of economic security and each contract entered into between the department of economic security and any contract provider for the provision of services to juveniles or vulnerable adults shall provide that, as a condition of employment, personnel who […]
