HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b) The Social Services Administration is established
and continued as the same State Department of Social
Services hitherto existing. The Social Services
Administration shall be part of the Department of
[Employment and Social Services.] HUMAN RESOURCES. The
Social Services Administration shall have the powers,
duties, responsibilities and functions provided in the laws
of this State for the State Department of Social Services,
EXCEPT FOR THE POWERS, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
FUNCTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO THE INCOME MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS
THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION
UNDER ARTICLE 88A, § 1A OF THE ANNOTATED CODE. [All
references] ANY REFERENCE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES OR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE in this
Code, in any other laws of this State, or in ordinances,
resolutions, rules, regulations, legal actions, directives
or documents [to the State Department of Social Services or
the State Department of Public Welfare,] shall be deemed to
mean the Social Services Administration IF, AND TO THE
EXTENT THAT, THE REFERENCE INVOLVES SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.
HOWEVER, IF, AND TO THE EXTENT, THE REFERENCE INVOLVES
INCOME MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE INCOME
MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION UNDER ARTICLE 88A, § 1A OF THE
CODE, THE REFERENCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN THE INCOME
MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION. From and after September 1,
1970, all rights, powers, duties, obligations, and functions
heretofore conferred upon or exercised by the State
Department of Social Services shall be transferred to and be
exercised by the Social Services Administration OR THE
INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION, subject to the authority
of the Secretary of [Employment and Social Services] HUMAN
RESOURCES as set forth in §§ 205A, 205B, and 205C of this
article or elsewhere in this Code.

Article 88A - Social Services Administration

1A. INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION

(A) THE INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION IS
ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THE
INCOME. MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE LAWS OF THIS
STATE FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ARE TRANSFERRED
TO THE INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION. THE TERM "INCOME
MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS" INCLUDES ALL THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND
RESPONSIBILITIES PROVIDED FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: AID TO FAMILIES
WITH DEPENDENT' CHILDREN AND OTHER RELATED CASH BENEFIT
PROGRAMS; SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION; GENERAL PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE; GENERAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO EMPLOYABLES; PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE TO ADULTS; EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE; FOOD STAMPS; AND
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS. REFERENCES
TO THE "SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "STATE DEPARTMENT",
OR "STATE ADMINISTRATION" IN THE LAWS OF THIS STATE THAT
CONCERN INCOME MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS ARE DEEMED TO MEAN THE
INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION.