The amount of assistance for the needy aged which any recipient shall receive shall be determined by the county department with due regard to the resources, income, 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 sufficient when added to all other income and support of the recipient to provide him with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health or special needs as permitted under the federal Social Security Act. However, the state department of public welfare may disregard the amount of monthly income of the recipient as specified by the federal Social Security Act.
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