When used herein, the term "department" means the State Department of Public Welfare; "commissioner" means the state commissioner of public welfare; "board" means the state board of public welfare; "applicant" means a person applying for assistance under this chapter; "recipient" means a person receiving aid under the provisions of this chapter; "assistance" means money payments including vendor payments made to or in behalf of needy aged persons hereunder; "county department" means the county board of public welfare, the director of public welfare, and such other personnel as may be authorized in said department by the State Department of Public Welfare.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 9 - Old Age Assistance
§ 43-9-1. Statewide system of old age assistance
§ 43-9-7. Eligibility for assistance to the needy aged
§ 43-9-9. Amount of assistance
§ 43-9-11. Application for assistance to the needy aged
§ 43-9-13. Investigation of applications
§ 43-9-15. Granting of assistance
§ 43-9-17. Payment for benefit of recipient
§ 43-9-19. Assistance not assignable
§ 43-9-21. Appeal to the State Department of Public Welfare
§ 43-9-23. Periodic reconsideration and changes in amount of assistance
§ 43-9-29. Recovery from recipient's estate for false representation
§ 43-9-31. Limitations of chapter
§ 43-9-33. Receipt and disposition of federal and other funds
§ 43-9-35. Disbursement of funds; how made
§ 43-9-37. Limitation of assistance and administrative cost
§ 43-9-41. Construction of law
§ 43-9-43. Reservation of right to amend or repeal old age security law
§ 43-9-45. Termination of federal assistance program as ipso facto repeal