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ID Code § 56-210 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-210 - AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.

56-210. AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE. (1) The amount of public assistance which any eligible person or family may receive shall be determined in accordance with the rules of the state department subject to the availability of funds for such assistance. (2) Old age assistance, aid to the blind and aid to the permanently and totally disabled shall be granted to a person who is needy as defined by the department and who meets the nonfinancial requirements of title XVI of the social security act. (3) The department may also increase or decrease the payment for groups of cases where the circumstances are specifically identified. The department shall be the single state agency for administration of public assistance programs or plans that receive federal funding.  History: [56-210, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 10, p. 379; am. 1945, ch. 109, sec. 4, p. 165; am. 1951, ch. 246, sec. 2, p. 520; am. 1953, ch. 22, sec. 1, p. 38; am. 1961, ch. 57, sec. 1, p. 85; am. 1969, ch. 30, sec. 1, p. 51; am. 1978, ch. 246, sec. 5, p. 540; am. 1981, ch. 179, sec. 2, p. 314; am. 1994, ch. 287, sec. 1, p. 906; am. 1996, ch. 50, sec. 7, p. 150; am. 1997, ch. 32, sec. 1, p. 56.]
ID Code § 56-211 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-211 - APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — VERIFICATION FOR FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.

56-211. APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — VERIFICATION FOR FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. (1) Application for public assistance under this act shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the state department and the application shall contain such information bearing on the applicant’s eligibility as the state department may require and as required in subsection (2) of this section. (2) Applicants seeking benefits under the federal food stamp program shall verify to the state department the identity of each household member the applicant lists on the application for such benefits. Identification may be verified either through readily available documentary evidence, such as a birth certificate, or through a collateral contact as set forth in federal law, 7 CFR 273.2. Upon a showing of good cause by the applicant as to why such documentary evidence or collateral contact has not been provided, the state department shall grant an extension and the applicant may receive the public assistance for which he or she has applied for one (1) month. A showing of good cause shall be required each month the applicant fails to provide the state department with the required documentary evidence or collateral contact. Good cause is not shown where a delay in providing documentary evidence or providing a collateral contact is due to illness, lack of transportation or temporary absences. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to applicants who provide, or who have previously provided, a document as set forth in section 67-7903(4)(b)(viii) or (ix), Idaho Code. (3) The state department may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.  History: [56-211, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 11, p. 379; am. 2011, ch. 269, sec. 1, p. 729.]
ID Code § 56-212 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-212 - INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION.

56-212. INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION. Whenever the state department shall receive an application for public assistance under this act, it shall promptly make an investigation and record of the circumstances of the applicant in order to ascertain the facts supporting the application and to obtain such other information as it may require.  History: [56-212, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 12, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-213 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-213 - EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE BLINDNESS.

56-213. EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE BLINDNESS. No application for aid to the blind shall be approved until an ophthalmologist or physician skilled in diseases of the eye, or an optometrist, approved or designated by the state department, shall have examined the applicant and shall have certified his findings in the manner and form required by the state department.  History: [56-213, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 13, p. 379; am. 1951, ch. 246, sec. 3, p. 520.]
ID Code § 56-214A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-214A - AWARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — RECIPIENT’S RIGHT OF FREE CHOICE.

56-214A. AWARD OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — RECIPIENT’S RIGHT OF FREE CHOICE. If an award of public assistance which includes an eye examination is made to or in behalf of an individual, that individual or his legal custodian shall have the right to select any practitioner to perform such examination who is licensed by the state of Idaho to perform eye examinations. Whenever such an award is applied for or approved, the state department or its personnel shall not recommend any practitioner or system of practice from among those licensed to perform eye examinations.  History: [56-214A, added 1963, ch. 8, sec. 1, p. 19; am. 1965, ch. 62, sec. 1, p. 97.]
ID Code § 56-215 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-215 - REDETERMINATION OF AWARDS.

56-215. REDETERMINATION OF AWARDS. Awards of public assistance may be changed or withdrawn whenever the circumstances have altered sufficiently to warrant such action. If at any time during the continuance of public assistance the recipient thereof becomes possessed of income or resources in excess of the amount previously reported by him, it shall be his duty to notify the state department of this fact immediately on the receipt or possession of such additional income or resources.  History: [56-215, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 15, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-216 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-216 - APPEAL AND FAIR HEARING.

56-216. APPEAL AND FAIR HEARING. An applicant or recipient aggrieved because of the state department’s decision or delay in making a decision shall be entitled to appeal to the state department in the manner prescribed by it and shall be afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing by the state department.  History: [56-216, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 16, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-217 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-217 - COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

56-217. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. The state department and the several counties of the state or other branches of state, county or municipal government are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements, through their appropriate officials, with respect to the administration of public assistance and social services. Among other things such an agreement may provide for: (a) The assumption by the state department of responsibilities involving public assistance or social services ordinarily incumbent upon the county or other branch of government; (b) The direct administration through the state department of any form of public assistance or care of the poor now or hereafter authorized to be granted by a county, but subject to the financial control of the county; (c) Mutual financial participation in programs of public assistance and social services in conformity with regulations of the department. (d) The intake and investigation of applications for public assistance by the appropriate office of the state department; (e) The granting of public assistance financed in whole or in part by county funds on the basis of policies, rules and regulations governing eligibility and amount of assistance adopted by the state department under this act.  History: [56-217, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 17, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-219 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-219 - PAYMENT FOR INCOMPETENT RECIPIENT — APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

56-219. PAYMENT FOR INCOMPETENT RECIPIENT — APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. If the recipient is under legal disability, or is incompetent or unable to handle the assistance granted him under this act, and has no other legal guardian, the district court, after due notice and hearing, shall appoint, without fee, on petition of the state department, and with the consent of the recipient’s nearest kin, next friend, natural guardian or custodian, a capable and trustworthy person as his guardian for public assistance, without bond, whose duty it shall be, without compensation, to receive and disburse the recipient’s assistance on his behalf, and to make true and accurate account thereof as often as required by regulation to the state department, and as otherwise provided by law, to the district court. Funds in the hands of such guardian shall be disbursed only for the purposes contemplated by this act, or as directed in the grant thereof.  History: [56-219, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 19, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-220 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-220 - PAYMENT ON DEATH OF RECIPIENT — APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

56-220. PAYMENT ON DEATH OF RECIPIENT — APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. In the event of the death of a recipient, leaving little or no estate requiring formal administration, but to whom a check for public assistance has been delivered prior to his death, or for whose interment burial relief has been granted, the district court, without fee, on petition of the state department, and with the consent of the deceased recipient’s nearest kin, next friend, guardian, natural guardian or custodian, after due notice and hearing, shall appoint a capable and trustwarthy [trustworthy] person as his administrator for public assistance, without bond, whose duty it shall be, without compensation, to receive and disburse the recipient’s assistance on behalf of the deceased recipient’s estate, making true and accurate account thereof to the state department and the district court. Funds in the hands of such administrator shall be disbursed only for the purposes contemplated by this act, or as directed in the grant thereof.  History: [56-220, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 20, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-221 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-221 - CONFIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECORDS.

56-221. CONFIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECORDS. The rule-making power of the state department shall include the power to establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers, files and communications of the state department. Wherever, under provisions of law, names and addresses of recipients of public assistance are furnished to or held by any state or county official, the names and addresses shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code; but any exemption from disclosure shall not prevent the furnishing to a state or local law enforcement officer, upon his written request, with the current address of any AFDC recipient if the officer furnishes the state department with such recipient’s name and social security account number and proof that such recipient is a convicted fugitive felon or an indicted fugitive felon, or a person for whom a fugitive warrant has been issued, and that the location or apprehension of such felon or person is within the officer’s official duties, and that the request is made in the proper exercise of those duties.  History: [56-221, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 21, p. 379; am. 1985, ch. 64, sec. 1, p. 135; am. 1990, ch. 213, sec. 83, p. 550; am. 2015, ch. 141, sec. 153, p. 499.]
ID Code § 56-222 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-222 - MISUSE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LISTS AND RECORDS.

56-222. MISUSE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LISTS AND RECORDS. It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of public assistance and social services, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state department, for any person or persons to disclose, or make use of, or to authorize, knowingly permit, or participate in the use of, any list of names, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving such assistance or services, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or county or subdivisions or agencies thereof, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.  History: [56-222, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 22, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-223 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-223 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE NOT ASSIGNABLE.

56-223. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE NOT ASSIGNABLE. Public assistance awarded under this act shall not be transferable or assignable, and none of the money paid or payable under this act shall be subject to execution, attachment, or other legal process; except that the department may transfer funds to another public agency in lieu of payments to recipients, said funds to be transferred by such agency to project sponsors for payment as wages to said recipients participating in special work projects.  History: [56-223, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 23, p. 379; am. 1969, ch. 30, sec. 2, p. 51; am. 1997, ch. 30, sec. 1, p. 55.]
ID Code § 56-224 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-224 - RECOVERY.

56-224. RECOVERY. The department may recover the amount of any public assistance obtained by any person who was not entitled thereto. If at any time during the continuance of assistance, the recipient thereof becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount stated in the application, it shall be the duty of the recipient to notify the state department immediately of the receipt or possession of such property or income. Any assistance granted after the recipient has come into possession of such property or income in excess of eligibility standards, may be recovered by the state department. On the death of a recipient who has received public assistance to which he was not entitled, or who has received public assistance in an amount greater than that to which he was entitled, by reason of possession or having come into possession of resources which he did not disclose to the department, or which had, or which acquired, a greater value than was disclosed, the total amount of such assistance paid to such recipient to which he was not entitled shall be allowed as a preferred claim against the estate of such recipient.  History: [56-224, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 24, p. 379; am. 1951, ch. 246, sec. 5, p. 520; am. 1997, ch. 31, sec. 1, p. 55.]
ID Code § 56-225 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-225 - REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF TRANSFER OR ENCUMBRANCE OF REAL PROPERTY — RULEMAKING.

56-225. REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF TRANSFER OR ENCUMBRANCE OF REAL PROPERTY — RULEMAKING. (1) When an individual receives medical assistance subject to recovery under this chapter and the individual is the holder of record title to real property or the purchaser under a land sale contract, the department of health and welfare may present to the county recorder for recording in the grants and conveyances records of a county a request for notice of transfer or encumbrance of the real property. The department shall adopt a rule providing prior notice and hearing rights to the record titleholder or purchaser under a land sale contract. (2) The department shall present to the county recorder for recording a termination of request for notice of transfer or encumbrance when, in the judgment of the department, it is no longer necessary or appropriate for the department to monitor transfers or encumbrances related to the real property. (3) The department shall adopt by rule a form for the request for notice of transfer or encumbrance and the termination of request for notice of transfer or encumbrance that, at a minimum: (a) Contains the name of the public assistance recipient, and the spouse of such public assistance recipient, if any, and a departmental case identifier or other appropriate information that links the individual who is the holder of record title to real property or the purchaser under a land sale contract to the individual’s public assistance records; (b) Contains the legal description of the real property; (c) Contains a mailing address for the department to receive the notice of transfer or encumbrance; and (d) Complies with the requirements for recording in section 55-805, Idaho Code, for those forms intended to be recorded. (4) The request for notice of transfer or encumbrance described in this section does not affect title to real property and is not a lien on, encumbrance of, or other interest in, the real property.  History: [56-225, added 2010, ch. 90, sec. 2, p. 175.]
ID Code § 56-227A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-227A - PROVIDER FRAUD — CRIMINAL PENALTY.

56-227A. PROVIDER FRAUD — CRIMINAL PENALTY. It shall be unlawful for any provider or person, knowingly, with intent to defraud, by means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by deliberate concealment of any material fact, or any other fraudulent scheme or device, to: (a) present for allowance or payment any false or fraudulent claim for furnishing services or supplies; or (b) attempt to obtain or to obtain authorization for furnishing services or supplies; or (c) attempt to obtain or to obtain compensation from public funds greater than that to which he is legally entitled for services or supplies furnished or purportedly furnished. Any provider or person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony. Nothing in this section shall prohibit or preclude a provider or person from being prosecuted under any other provision of the criminal code.  History: [56-227A, added 1977, ch. 226, sec. 2, p. 675.]
ID Code § 56-227B (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-227B - PROVIDER FRAUD — DAMAGES.

56-227B. PROVIDER FRAUD — DAMAGES. Any provider who knowingly with intent to defraud by means of false statement or representation, obtains compensation from public funds greater than that to which he is legally entitled for services or supplies furnished or purportedly furnished shall be liable for civil damages equal to three (3) times the amount by which any figure is falsely overstated. The director of the department of health and welfare or the attorney general shall have the right to cause legal action to be taken for the recovery of such damages when persuaded that a reimbursement claim for payment is falsely overstated. The burden of proof for such recovery action shall be that which is used in other civil actions for the recovery of damages. The remedy provided by this section shall be in addition to any other remedy provided by law. If any provider of services or supplies is required to refund or repay all or part of any payment received by said provider under the provisions of this section, said refund or repayment shall bear interest from the date payment was made to such provider to the date of said refund or repayment. Interest shall accrue at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum. The prevailing party in an action, under this section shall be awarded costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in bringing or defending the action. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Idaho Code, all costs and attorney’s fees awarded to the department of health and welfare or the attorney general pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the state general fund.  History: [56-227B, added 1977, ch. 226, sec. 3, p. 675; am. 2007, ch. 341, sec. 6, p. 1008.]
ID Code § 56-227D (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-227D - FEDERAL FOOD STAMPS, ALSO KNOWN AS SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM — UNAUTHORIZED USE — EXCEPTION — DEFINITION.

56-227D. FEDERAL FOOD STAMPS, ALSO KNOWN AS SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM — UNAUTHORIZED USE — EXCEPTION — DEFINITION. (1) It is a misdemeanor for any person to buy, receive, sell, give away, dispose of, exchange or barter any federal food stamp benefits of a value less than one hundred dollars ($100). (2) It is a felony for any person to buy, receive, sell, give away, dispose of, exchange or barter any federal food stamp benefits of a value of one hundred dollars ($100) or more. (3) This section does not apply to any person buying, receiving, selling, giving away, disposing of, exchanging or bartering any federal food stamp benefits subsequent to the redemption of such stamps in the manner provided by state or federal law. (4) As used in this section, federal food stamp benefits refers to food stamp benefits issued in any form by the United States department of agriculture or its duly authorized agent for the sole purpose of purchasing food. (5) This section shall be enforced by the director of the department of health and welfare in cooperation with local law enforcement and prosecuting agencies. Such enforcement shall not be the responsibility of the medicaid fraud control unit as provided in section 56-226, Idaho Code.  History: [56-227D, added 1981, ch. 193, sec. 1, p. 342; am. 2007, ch. 341, sec. 8, p. 1010.; am. 2011, ch. 193, sec. 1, p. 554; am. 2012, ch. 260, sec. 1, p. 722.]
ID Code § 56-227E (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-227E - OBSTRUCTION OF INVESTIGATION.

56-227E. OBSTRUCTION OF INVESTIGATION. (1) An obstruction of investigation consists of knowingly: (a) Providing false information to, or knowingly withholding information from, any person requesting such information if that person is authorized to investigate a violation of this chapter or to enforce the criminal or civil remedies of this chapter where that information is properly requested and is material to the investigation or enforcement; or (b) Altering any document or record required to be retained pursuant to this chapter or any rule issued by the department of health and welfare, when the alteration is intended to mislead an investigation and concerns information material to that investigation. (2) Whoever commits an obstruction of investigation shall be guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of section 18-112, Idaho Code.  History: [56-227E, added 2007, ch. 341, sec. 9, p. 1011.]
ID Code § 56-228 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-228 - LIMITATIONS OF ACT.

56-228. LIMITATIONS OF ACT. All assistance awarded under this act shall be deemed to be awarded and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any way by any amending or repealing act.  History: [56-228, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 25, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-229 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-229 - SEPARABILITY.

56-229. SEPARABILITY. If any portion of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the main portions thereof.  History: [56-229, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 27, p. 379.]
ID Code § 56-230 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE|Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW|Section 56-230 - SHORT TITLE.

56-230. SHORT TITLE. This act may be cited as the "Public Assistance Law."  History: [56-230, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 28, p. 379.]