§ 40-5.2-27. Department of human services.
(a) Except as otherwise provided for herein, the director of the department of human services is responsible for implementation of this chapter.
(b) No later than March 1 of each year, the director shall submit a plan to the general assembly showing how, within available resources, the department expects to operate the programs authorized under this chapter in the succeeding fiscal year. The director will provide an annual report of program impact on families served by the Rhode Island works program and indicators of success. The report shall also reflect the child support guidelines issued from time to time by the Rhode Island family court.
(c) The department is empowered and authorized to submit its plan for services under the act to the federal government or any agency or department thereof having funds available for benefits to low-income families for approval pursuant to the provisions of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. The department shall act for the state in any negotiations relative to the submission and approval of the plan and/or waivers and may make any arrangement or changes in its plan and/or waivers not inconsistent with this chapter that may be required or permitted by the Social Security Act or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto to obtain and retain approval and to secure for this state the benefits of the provisions of the federal act relating to family assistance. The department shall make reports to the federal government or any agency or department thereof, in the form and nature required by it, and shall in all respects comply with any request or direction of the federal government or any agency or department thereof that may be necessary to assure the correctness and verification of the reports.
(d) The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to expedite the implementation of this act by submitting to the federal government, on behalf of the state, the state plan amendments and any federal waiver requests it deems necessary to fully implement the provisions of this act and to secure for this state the benefits of federal financial participation and/or grants for the above-referenced programs, as amended, pursuant to Titles IV and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. and 1396 et seq., and Subchapter II-B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant codified at 42 U.S.C. § 9858 et seq., and as these acts may hereafter be re-codified or amended by acts as may be considered and enacted by the Congress of the United States.
(1) Any provisions of this chapter and chapters 6 and 6.2 of this title and § 42-12-3 that are inconsistent with federal law or regulations shall be void unless the department receives an exemption or waiver from the federal government to implement the provision.
(2) The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to implement this act only in accordance with the terms and conditions of state plan amendments, waivers, or other approvals granted by the federal government and changes in rules, regulations, and policies of the department that are promulgated pursuant to chapter 35 of title 42.
History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 16, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 40-5.2 - The Rhode Island Works Program
Section 40-5.2-1. - Short title.
Section 40-5.2-2. - The Rhode Island works program — Statement of purpose.
Section 40-5.2-3. - Legislative intent.
Section 40-5.2-5. - Rhode Island works — Promotion of work.
Section 40-5.2-7. - Work participation rates.
Section 40-5.2-8. - Definitions.
Section 40-5.2-9. - The Rhode Island works program — General eligibility requirements.
Section 40-5.2-10. - Necessary requirements and conditions.
Section 40-5.2-11. - Cash assistance.
Section 40-5.2-12. - Work requirements for receipt of cash assistance.
Section 40-5.2-13. - Income deeming.
Section 40-5.2-14. - Reporting of income and resources by participants.
Section 40-5.2-15. - Reporting absence.
Section 40-5.2-16. - Minimum payment.
Section 40-5.2-17. - Assistance not assignable; exemption from process.
Section 40-5.2-18. - Up-front cash program.
Section 40-5.2-19. - Appropriate child care necessary for work requirement.
Section 40-5.2-20. - Childcare assistance — Families or assistance units eligible.
Section 40-5.2-21. - Eligibility for medical benefits.
Section 40-5.2-22. - Emergency expenses.
Section 40-5.2-23. - Post-employment incentive bonus.
Section 40-5.2-24. - Overpayment and underpayment of benefits.
Section 40-5.2-25. - Hearings.
Section 40-5.2-26. - Records as to assistance.
Section 40-5.2-27. - Department of human services.
Section 40-5.2-28. - Rules and regulations.
Section 40-5.2-29. - Noncustodial parents — Employment obligations.
Section 40-5.2-30. - Fraudulently obtaining assistance.
Section 40-5.2-31. - Authorization to pay assistance.
Section 40-5.2-32. - Cashing of assistance checks.
Section 40-5.2-33. - Child clothing allowance.
Section 40-5.2-34. - Screening for domestic violence — Waiver of program requirements.
Section 40-5.2-35. - Child support pass-through.
Section 40-5.2-36. - Appropriation of funds.
Section 40-5.2-37. - Severability.
Section 40-5.2-38. - Application and effect of this chapter on applicants and recipients.
Section 40-5.2-39. - References to the family independence program.