Public Assistance Act

This act governs a state's public assistance system, establishing who is eligible for aid and how assistance is applied for, verified, granted, and paid out. It provides for old age pensions supported by dedicated funds and work incentives, coordination with federal disability and supplemental security income benefits, assistance delivered as social services such as home care allowances and foster care, energy assistance, and asset-building and employment measures including individual development accounts and a transitional jobs program. It also addresses conformity with federal requirements, eligibility of noncitizens, recipients' rights to retain certain property, transfers between counties, reconsideration of awards, appeals, and recovery of assistance from recipients.

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