MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2179

REGULATION SHALL ADOPT STANDARDS CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF
ASSISTANCE INDIVIDUALS SHALL RECEIVE UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBTITLE.

The amount of [old age] assistance which any
recipient shall receive shall be determined by the local
unit with due regard to the available resources and
necessary expenditures of the individual and the
conditions existing in each case, and shall be
sufficient, when added to all other income and support
available to the recipient to provide such person with a
reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and
health.

67.

The State Department shall:

(a)      Supervise the administration of
assistance to the needy [aged] under this subtitle by the
local units;

(b)    Make such rules and regulations and take
such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying
out the provisions of this subtitle. All rules and
regulations made by the State Department shall be binding
upon the counties, and shall be complied with by the
respective local units;

(c)     Prescribe the form of and print and
supply to the local units such forms as it may deem
necessary and advisable;

(d)     [Cooperate with the federal government
in matters of mutual concern pertaining to assistance to
the needy aged;

(e)     Make such reports, in such form and
containing such information as the federal government may
from time to time require, and comply with such
provisions as the federal government may, from time to
time, find necessary to assure the correctness and
verification of such reports;

(f)] Exercise all of the powers and perform
the duties defined by this subtitle.

71.

The local unit shall decide whether the applicant is
eligible for assistance under the provisions of this
subtitle, and determine in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the State Department the amount of such
assistance and the date on which such assistance shall