§ 49-4-80. Definitions

As used in this article, the term: “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article. “Assistance” means money payments to, or hospital care in behalf of, needy individuals who are totally and permanently disabled but does not include any individual: Who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental […]

§ 49-4-81. Eligibility for Assistance Under This Article

Assistance is to be granted under this article to any person who: Is not less than 18 nor more than 65 years of age; Is totally and permanently disabled as that term is defined in Code Section 49-4-80; Does not have sufficient income or other resources to provide a subsistence compatible with decency and health; […]

§ 49-4-82. Duties of Department Under This Article

The department shall: Supervise the administration by the county departments of assistance to the needy totally and permanently disabled under this article; Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out this article; Prescribe the form of and print and supply to the county department such […]

§ 49-4-83. Duties of County Departments Under This Article

The county departments shall: Administer this article in their respective counties, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board pursuant to this article; Report to the department at such times and in such manner and form as the department may from time to time direct; and Submit to the county commissioner or board […]

§ 49-4-84. Assistance Is Neither Assignable nor Subject to Legal Process or Operation of Bankruptcy Law; Payment of Assistance Check After Death of Recipient

Assistance granted under this article shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity; and none of the money paid or payable under this article shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law. Where a recipient dies after authorization […]

§ 49-4-85. Payment of Assistance After Recipient Moves to Another County

Any recipient who moves to another county in this state shall be entitled, with the approval of the Department of Human Services, to receive assistance in the county to which he has moved; and the county department of the county from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to […]

§ 49-4-86. Claims to Assistance Subject to Amendments or Repeals

All assistance granted under this article shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to any amending or repealing Act that may hereafter be passed; and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any way by any amending or repealing Act. […]