Chapter 118A

Section 1. The department of transitional assistance, in this chapter called the department, shall administer a program of financial assistance for aged and disabled persons who reside within the commonwealth. Such assistance, which shall be called state supplementary payments, s…

Section 2. Effective July first of every year, the level of any state supplementary payment authorized by section one plus the level of federal supplemental security income in effect at such time shall be increased, subject to appropriation, by a percentage amount equal to the pe…

Section 3. The commissioner of transitional assistance shall enter into an agreement with the Social Security Administration regarding the administration of the program of state supplementary payments authorized in section 1. This agreement shall contain all of the requirements f…

Section 4. An application to the Social Security Administration for supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI shall also be considered an application for state supplementary payment for the category of assistance for which the application is filed. Eligibility for any…

Section 5. If the commissioner of transitional assistance elects federal administration of state supplementary payments, there shall be advanced from the state treasury to the Social Security Administration each month an amount equal to the estimated payments authorized for that …

Section 6. No disclosure or use of information concerning applicants or recipients of assistance under this chapter shall be made by the department except for purposes directly connected to the administration of this chapter.

Section 7. The department shall provide to aged and disabled residents under this chapter a program of social services as set forth in section 2 of chapter 18. In addition to any other benefits authorized by this chapter, the department may provide to such residents grants of ass…

Section 7A. The department may provide to any recipient under this chapter who resides in a rest home which has a rate established pursuant to section thirty L of chapter seven a special grant whenever the aid provided under this chapter is insufficient to meet said rate establis…

Section 8. The department shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary or desirable for the administration of this chapter.