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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118A, § 1 Financial assistance program to elderly persons and persons with disabilities; state payments supplementary to federal benefits; eligibility, restriction; standard levels
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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…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118A, § 2 State supplementary payments; annual increase levels; determination; limitation
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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…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118A, § 3 Federal agreement; administration of program
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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…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118A, § 4 Applications; eligibility for assistance; determination
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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…
