Massachusetts Chapter 18 — Department of Transitional Assistance

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 1— Department of transitional assistance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 2— Comprehensive financial assistance program; services
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 2A— Food stamp employment and training plan; maximization of federal 50–50 match program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 2B— Educational program; services
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 3— Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; salary
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 4— Deputy commissioner; assistant commissioners; qualifications; salaries; succession; bond
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5— Organization of department; regional offices; community service areas
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5A— Repealed, 1971, 943, Sec. 1
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5B— False representations or failure to disclose facts; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5C— Vendors' bill for services; perjury
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5D— Vendors; violations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5E— Return of unlawful payments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5F— Father's leaving family to obtain assistance; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5G— Claimant; subrogation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5H— Recipients of medical assistance under chapter 118E; subrogation; notice; policy provisions; payment by department; information concerning recipients
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5I— Certain purchases with direct cash assistance funds prohibited; definitions applicable to Secs. 5I and 5J; penalty; reporting of enforcement and violations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5J— Preventing electronic benefit transfer transactions for certain purchases made using direct cash assistance funds; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5K— Obtaining or receiving department of transitional assistance property through embezzlement, theft or fraud; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5L— Food stamp benefits trafficking; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5M— Organizational food stamp benefits trafficking; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5N— Fraud hotline; sign display
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 6— Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 11
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 7— Community service area boards
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 8— Civil service status of commissioners; restoration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 9— Employees of department; delegation of responsibilities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 10— Reports; rules and regulations; federal aid
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 11— Lists of recipients; publication; records; rules and regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 14— Reciprocal agreements
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 15— Disclosure of information by banks and insurance companies as to applicant's or recipient's deposits; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 16— Division of hearings within office of deputy commissioner; director; denial of aid; hearing; referee; decision; review
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 16A— Repealed, 1993, 460, Sec. 4
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 17— Advancement of funds to department for public assistance; monthly report of disbursements
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 18— Reimbursement of department; recipient arrearages; furniture payments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 18A— Failure of custodial parent to cooperate with IV–D agency
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 19— Eviction from furnished apartment; furniture; relocation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 20— Purchase of home or income producing property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 21— Support and maintenance; subrogation of department; termination of assistance; notice
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 22— Verification of categorical and financial eligibility
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 26— Direct payment of rent; public housing; appeal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 27— Direct payment of rent; request of landlord or recipient
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 27A— Direct deposit of assistance checks at banking institutions; option of recipient
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 28— Accreditation of homemaker services; board, establishment, members, staff and services; standards; rules and regulations; restrictions; enforcement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 29— Repayment of fraudulently obtained assistance; lien
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 30— Overpayments of assistance; repayment agreement; assignment of income
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 31— Job diversion program; services
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 32— Participation in pathways to self-sufficiency program required; exceptions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 33— Providing of social security number required; exceptions; penalty for noncompliance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 34— Tracking of outcomes of individuals served by training and employment service programs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 35— Availability of caseworker via telephone to recipient of cash assistance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 36— Fraud detection program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 37— Work-related expense deduction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 38— Non-approval of application for new benefits for failure to comply with registration requirements in Secs. 178C to 178P of chapter 6
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 39— Protocols for coordination of information with law enforcement agencies, etc. when recipient the subject of felony warrant