2017 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 5 - Social Services
Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally
Subchapter 4 - Grants of Assistance
§ 20-76-422. Aged, blind, and disabled -- Conversion from state to federal program

Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-76-422 (2017)
  • (a) The Director of the Department of Human Services is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and other state agencies to effectuate an orderly and timely conversion from state to federal programs of cash assistance for the aged, blind, and disabled, as provided in Pub. L. No. 92-603, Title III, in such a manner as would be expedient to both the federal government and the State of Arkansas.
  • (b) The agreements may include the transfer of state funds to, and the receipt of federal funds from, the secretary for the purposes of supplementing the federal benefits to be paid to eligible persons, to facilitate disability, blindness, and Medicaid eligibility determinations on behalf of the state by the secretary, and to enable the state to perform required administrative or program functions on behalf of the secretary under which the secretary will advance federal funds for the payment of full-time and part-time employees and their related supportive expenses as deemed necessary by both the director and the secretary to carry out the conversion plan.
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