Title 43, Social Services

Applications for assistance under this article shall be made to the county department of the county in which the applicant resides. The application shall be made in writing or reduced to writing in the manner and upon a form prescribed by the State Department.

Whenever the county department receives an application for assistance under this article, an investigation and record shall promptly be made of the circumstances of the applicant in order to ascertain the facts supporting the application and in order to obtain such other informat…

Upon the completion of the investigation the county department shall decide whether the applicant is eligible for assistance under the provisions of this article. The amount of assistance which any such person shall receive shall be determined by the county department with due re…

It is unlawful for a person to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of a list, name of, or any information concerning persons applying for or receiving public aid or assistance, directly or indirectly derive…

When used in this article and unless the specific context indicates otherwise: (1) "Aid to dependent children or needy relative" means money payments with respect to or medical care in behalf of or any type of remedial care recognized under state law in behalf of a dependent chil…

The State Department may cooperate with the Federal Government in the development of plans and policies for aid to dependent children. It shall administer all funds appropriated or made available for this purpose.

Any person having knowledge that any child is dependent and that the interest of such child or of the public requires that such child be granted aid may bring such fact to the attention of the county department in the county in which the dependent child has residence or to the St…

The county department shall make an investigation and examination of the circumstances of such child. Such investigation and examination shall be made in accordance with rules prescribed by the State Department. A report of such investigation and examination shall be made in writ…

If such child is found to be in need, the county department shall grant such aid as may be necessary for the support of such child in his own home or in the home of one of his relatives as set forth in this article, in a manner compatible with decency and health. In case applicat…

The department shall provide timely and adequate notice in all cases of intended action to discontinue, terminate, suspend, or reduce an assistance grant except in those cases where adequate notice alone would be consistent with the requirements of state law or regulation. "Timel…

In granting aid for dependent children the amount granted shall not exceed thirty dollars per month for one child in any home, nor twenty-one dollars per month for each additional child in the same home, and shall not exceed thirty dollars per month for a needy relative with whom…

Each county department shall prepare, as required by the State Department, an estimate of the amount needed for dependent children in its county. Such estimate shall set forth the number of children being aided, with the amounts of grants to each individual child and such informa…

The State Treasurer shall receive and deposit in the State Treasury any Federal funds allotted to the State under Section 403 of Title IV of the Federal Social Security Act, or otherwise, for aid to dependent children. Such sums shall be kept by the State Treasurer in a dependent…

In the event that a recipient of aid to families with dependent children does not receive an assistance check, or if such check is lost, stolen, or destroyed after receipt but before it is cashed, the county office may authorize a one-time grant in the amount of the original chec…

(a) Every applicant for Family Independence benefits who has a child or children whose parent is alive but not residing in the home must be referred to the Office of Child Support Enforcement within two working days of the furnishing of aid or the determination that an individual…

In accordance with a child support plan approved by the federal government, the department has the power and its duty must be to: (a) require as a condition of eligibility for assistance that the applicant or recipient: (i) furnish his social security account number or, to the ex…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business day" means a day on which state offices are open for regular business. (2) "Date of hire" means the first day the employee works for which the employee is entitled to compensation from the payor of income. (3) "Department" means the Depa…

All assistance granted under Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19, and 23 shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may be passed and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assist…

Monies due from or payable by this State, including any agency, instrumentality, or authority of the State, and due to any individual is subject, in like manner and to the same extent as if the State were a private person, to legal process brought for the enforcement against such…

(A) A State Case Registry must be maintained in the department that contains records with respect to: (1) each case in which services are being provided by the department pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; and (2) each support order established or modified in the …

(a) The director or his designees, in writing, shall have access to all records and the departments, in cooperation with all other departments of the executive branch, shall establish a single uniform system of information clearance and retrieval, wherever possible. (b) The burea…

For purposes of determining eligibility for assistance, the income received by individuals employed on a contractual basis may be prorated over the period of the contract or intermittent income received quarterly, semiannually, or yearly may be prorated over the period covered by…

(a) As a condition of eligibility, a needy family applying for Family Independence benefits shall complete an application of eligibility containing a written declaration of information as may be required to establish eligibility and amount of aid. The application shall include bl…

The department shall require that all persons applying for assistance shall provide acceptable identification and proof of residence and the department shall by regulation specify what constitutes adequate identification and proof of residence. The department shall require that a…

The director or his authorized agent may, after signed authorization from the applicant or recipient, request and receive from any bank or other financial institution doing business in South Carolina information with respect to the transaction with any such institution of any app…

This article may be cited as the "WIC Vendor Act" and unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. (2) "WIC" means the Special Supplemental Food Program for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, Infants, and Childre…

The department is granted the authority and responsibility for the effective and efficient administration of the WIC Program within South Carolina, as may be delegated by the federal government pursuant to federal act and regulation.

The department may promulgate and enforce regulations to govern the participation of vendors in the WIC Program including a point system to determine periods of disqualification; to impose other sanctions and civil penalties for violation of this article and regulations issued un…

The department has the authority to: (1) enter into agreements with vendors in order to provide supplemental foods for program participants; (2) hold hearings, compel attendance of witnesses, and make findings and determinations; (3) issue, revoke, and modify orders relating to t…

Aid may be granted under the provisions of this section to or in behalf of an eligible child over the age of eighteen but not yet nineteen, if he is a full-time student in a secondary school, or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article, or any regulation, agreement, final determination, or order of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand …

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article or any regulation, agreement, final determination, or order of the department is subject to disqualification, or a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars each day of the violation, or both.

A decision of the department imposing disqualification, penalties, or requiring a vendor to refund monies for overcharging may be appealed pursuant to the state Administrative Procedures Act and the department's Contested Cases Regulation.

The State Department shall secure Federal funds, when available, to assist in the program for medical and hospital care hereby authorized.

Wages, fees and commissions due or to become due any person who has received medical care for himself or for a person whose medical expenses, he is obligated by law or has contracted to pay, exclusive of doctor's fees, which has been paid for by a county, may be attached as herei…

The director of the county social services department or the chief administrator of any county operated hospital hereinafter referred to as petitioner, upon alleging in a verified petition, (a) that there was expended for the previous fiscal year in the county where the medical c…

A duplicate copy of the summons, petition, and order shall be served on the person who is employed and his employer, who shall both be designated respondents. Each shall have twenty days in which to answer or otherwise plead.

Any or all respondents shall have twenty days from the service of the order to show cause why the order should not become effective or the action dismissed. The following shall constitute good and sufficient grounds for dismissing the action, but without prejudice to the petition…

If doubt exists as to the amount the person earns, then on motion of petitioner the court shall require the employer to produce the payroll records of such person and to furnish any other information pertinent to the question.

Should any person be aggrieved by the order, he may appeal as in other cases brought in the court of common pleas, but such appeal shall not stay the order issued.

Should it be determined that the person receiving medical care is not indebted as alleged in the petition, any money withheld from him shall be returned together with six per cent interest and a reasonable attorney's fee as set by the court, provided an attorney has been employed…

Every employer shall be allowed to deduct and retain from the amount of the payment, one dollar from each monthly payment made to petitioner to reimburse him for services rendered in the action.

(A) "Applicant" means an individual whose written application for Medicaid has been submitted to the agency determining Medicaid eligibility, but has not received final action. This includes an individual, living or deceased, whose application is submitted by a representative or …

(A) An applicant or recipient, only to the extent of the amount of the medical assistance paid by Medicaid, is considered to have assigned his right to recover an amount paid by Medicaid from a third party or private insurer to the department. This assignment shall not include ri…

(A) The department automatically is subrogated, only to the extent of the amount of medical assistance paid by Medicaid, to the rights an applicant or recipient has to recover an amount paid by Medicaid from a third party or private insurer. The applicant or recipient shall coope…

(A) The department, to enforce its assignment or subrogation rights, may: (1) intervene or join in an action or proceeding brought by the applicant or recipient against a third party, or private insurer, in state or federal court; (2) commence and prosecute legal proceedings agai…