OLD AGE ASSISTANCE

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ARTICLE 70A.

OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.

	1-2. Title; definitions.	14. Appeal to State department.
	3. Eligibility for assistance.	15. Periodic reconsideration and changes in
	4. Amount of assistance.	amount of assistance.
	5. Duties of State department.	16. Recovery from recipient.
	6. Duties of County departments.	17. Recovery from estate.
	7. Application for assistance. 8. Investigation of application. 9. Granting of assistance.	18. Removal to another County. 19. Appropriations.
	10. Assignment of property.	20. No fees to be paid.
	11. Payment to incompetents.	21. Fraudulent acts.
	12. Funeral expenses.	22. Limitations.
	13. Assistance not assignable.	23. Severability clause.

1927, ch. 538. 1931, ch. 114, sec. 1. 1935, ch. 592, sec. 1. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 149.
1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec. 1.

1. (Short Title.) This Article may be cited as the "Old Age Assis-
tance" Act.

1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec. 2. 1939, ch. 233, sec. 2.

2. (Definitions.) As used in this Article, "State Department" means
the State Department of Public Welfare created under Article 88A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland and any amendments thereto or supple-
ments thereof.

"County Department" means the County Welfare Board of the respec-
tive counties in this State, created and existing under Article 88A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, and any amendments thereto or supple-
ments thereof, and includes the Department of Welfare of Baltimore City
as created and existing under Section 167 of the Charter of Baltimore
City, with the powers, limitations and restrictions imposed by Article 88A
and any amendments thereto or supplements thereof.

"County" shall be construed to include the City of Baltimore, unless
otherwise specified herein.

"Applicant" means a person who has applied for assistance under this
Article.

"Recipient" means a person who is receiving assistance under the terms
of this Article.

"Assistance" means money payments to aged persons in need.

"Supplementary Services" means services other than money payments
to aged persons in need, including payments toward funeral expenses of
such persons as provided in this Article.

1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec. 3. 1939, ch. 233, sec. 3.

3. (Eligibility for Assistance to the Needy Aged.) Assistance shall
be granted under this Article to any person who
(a) Is 65 years of age or older;