§ 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 ("Medicaidâ€�) under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., and to have applied for and to be pursuing a claim for Supplemental Security
Income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.
(b) Interim cash assistance payments shall continue until the recipient of the payments
receives disability benefits f
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§ 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 ("Medicaidâ€�) under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., and to have applied for and to be pursuing a claim for Supplemental Security
Income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.
(b) Interim cash assistance payments shall continue until the recipient of the payments
receives disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, or until he
or she has exhausted available administrative appeals. The individual may be required
to present documentation that he or she is actively pursuing his or her claim.
(c) The department is authorized and directed to make payments of interim cash assistance
to eligible recipients hereunder up to the standards of assistance established pursuant
to § 40-6-3.3 [Repealed], and subject to the limits of the annual appropriation provided in subsection
(f). In the event that the annual appropriation provided for in subsection (f) is
not adequate for the provision of interim cash assistance payments to eligible individuals,
the director is authorized to limit the amount and duration of the payments.
(d) The department is authorized to determine income- and resource-eligibility limits
for the interim cash assistance program, provided that the limits shall be no stricter
than those established pursuant to § 40-6-3.1.
(e) The department is directed to promulgate regulations to implement the interim cash
assistance program, including provisions to ensure recoupment of cash assistance by
the state upon a determination of a recipient's eligibility for SSI benefits by the
Social Security Administration.
(f) Out of the sum appropriated to the department of human services for general public
assistance for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, the sum of four hundred
thousand dollars ($400,000), net of recoveries of disability benefits from the Social
Security Administration, shall be used solely for the purposes and subject to the
limitations as provided in this section, and the state controller is hereby authorized
and directed to draw his or her order upon the general treasurer for the payment of
such sums or such portions thereof as may be required from time to time upon receipt
by him or her of duly authenticated vouchers. The director is authorized to request
appropriations for subsequent state fiscal years, as he or she deems necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.