The amount of assistance which any needy blind person shall receive shall be determined by the county department with due regard to the resources and necessary expenditures of the individual and the conditions existing in each case and in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the state department, and shall be only sufficient, when added to all other income and support of the recipient, to provide such persons with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health. In making such determination the state department shall disregard the earned income specified by the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and may disregard any other income of the recipient as specified in the federal Social Security Act, as amended.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 43-3-51. Statewide system of aid
§ 43-3-55. Eligibility for assistance to the needy blind
§ 43-3-57. Amount of assistance
§ 43-3-59. Duties of State Department of Public Welfare
§ 43-3-61. Duties of county departments
§ 43-3-63. Application for assistance
§ 43-3-65. Investigation of applications
§ 43-3-67. Examination by ophthalmologist or optometrist
§ 43-3-69. Granting of assistance
§ 43-3-71. Assistance not assignable
§ 43-3-73. Appeal to the State Department of Public Welfare
§ 43-3-75. Periodic reconsideration and changes in amount of assistance
§ 43-3-77. Reexamination as to eyesight
§ 43-3-79. Recovery from a recipient
§ 43-3-83. Receipt and disposition of federal and other funds and manner of disbursing same