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TN Code § 71-4-1102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Assistance” means money payments made to or in behalf of totally disabled persons in need, or medical care, or both, including hospitalization, outpatient care and treatment, nursing home care, drugs or any other type of remedial care recognized under state law in behalf of permanently and totally disabled persons in need, but does not include subdivisions (1)(A)-(1)(D) unless the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.), is amended to include one (1) or more of the following:  Any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is an inmate of a public institution, except as a patient in a medical institution, or any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases;   Any such payments to any individual who has been diagnosed as having tuberculosis or psychosis and is a patient in a medical institution as a result of having tuberculosis or psychosis;   Any such care in behalf of any individual, who is a patient in a medical institution as a result of a diagnosis that such person has tuberculosis or psychosis, with respect to any period after the individual has been a patient in such an institution as a result of such diagnosis, for forty-two (42) days; or   Is not an inmate of any private institution except such private institution as has been approved by the department at the time of receiving assistance;     “Department” means the department of human services;   “Permanently and totally disabled” means that the individual has been determined to have a permanent physical or mental impairment, disease or loss that substantially precludes the individual from engaging in useful occupations within the individual's competence, such as holding a job or homemaking. Such determinations shall be made in accordance with standards that shall be established by the department in consultation with an advisory committee, which committee shall include physicians nominated by the state medical society, and after review of the medical findings by a reviewing physician or physicians;   “Recipient” means a person who was receiving aid to the permanently and totally disabled benefits during the month of December, 1973, and is now qualified under Public Law 93-66 to continue to receive a state money payment as a supplement to the federally provided supplemental security income benefits; and   “Regional director” means the director of a region, or a designated agent in a county office, under chapter 1, part 1, of this title.
TN Code § 71-4-1103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1103. Eligibility for Assistance

 Assistance shall be granted under this part to any permanently and totally disabled person who:   Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;   Is living within this state voluntarily and not for a temporary purpose, that is, with no intention of presently removing from the state; provided, that temporary absence from the state, with subsequent returns to the state or intent to return when the purposes of the absence have been accomplished, shall not, for the purpose of this part, interrupt continuity of residence;   Has not sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, and whose spouse is not able to meet the person's needs as determined by the department's standards;    Is not an inmate of a public institution and:   Is not a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases; or   Is not a patient in a medical institution as a result of a diagnosis of tuberculosis or psychosis;     An inmate of any public institution ineligible under subdivision (4)(A) may, however, make application for such assistance, but the assistance, if granted, shall not begin until after such person ceases to be an inmate;     Within five (5) years immediately preceding application or during receipt of assistance, has not in order to evade any provision of this part made an assignment or transfer of property, the proceeds from which at the fair market value, irrespective of the actual consideration received, would under the state standards of need still be available to meet the needs of the individual. Any transfer of property to a husband, wife, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew or niece, within the period above mentioned, shall be prima facie evidence that the transfer was made with the intent to evade the provisions of this part;   Is not receiving for the same month old-age assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to dependent children;   Was receiving aid to the permanently and totally disabled benefits during the month of December 1973, and is now qualified under Public Law 93-66 to continue to receive a state money payment as a supplement to the federally-provided supplemental security income benefits.
TN Code § 71-4-1104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1104. Amount of Assistance

 The amount of assistance that any person shall receive in the form of supplementary payments shall be determined by an application of § 212(a) of Public Law 93-66, and rules and regulations made by the department establishing standards of need and allowable resources to the recipient's present personal and economic circumstances.
TN Code § 71-4-1105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1105. Duties of Department

 The department shall:   Supervise the administration of assistance to the permanently and totally disabled under this part;   Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out this part to the end that equitable treatment shall be afforded to individuals in similar circumstances. All rules and regulations made by the department shall be binding on the counties and shall be complied with by the respective regional directors;   Establish criteria for determining who is permanently and totally disabled within the meaning of § 71-4-1102;   Establish standards for the determination of need of the individual including:  Statewide requirements essential to maintaining a minimum standard of economic security based on studies of current living costs;   Methods and procedures for measuring income and resources against such statewide requirements;   Property reserves that will not preclude eligibility for assistance under this part;     Employ personnel for the administration of this part in conformity with title 8, chapter 30, and the rules and regulations of the department of human resources;   Prescribe the form of and supply to the regional directors such forms as it may deem necessary and desirable;   Cooperate with the commissioner of social security, or any federal officer or agency made successor to the commissioner of social security, in any reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid for assistance to the permanently and totally disabled and in conformity with this part, including the making of such reports in such form and containing such information as the commissioner of social security may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions as such commissioner may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and   Publish an annual report and such interim reports as may be necessary.
TN Code § 71-4-1106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1106. Duties of Regional Directors

 The regional directors shall administer this part in the counties of their regions, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the department pursuant to this part, and shall report to the department at such times and in such manner as the department may direct.
TN Code § 71-4-1107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1107. Appeal to Department

  If any award of assistance is modified or cancelled under any provision of this part, the recipient may appeal to the department in the manner and form prescribed by it.   The department shall, upon receipt of such an appeal, give the recipient reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing.
TN Code § 71-4-1108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1108. Reconsideration of Awards

  All assistance grants in the form of money payments made under this part shall be reconsidered by the regional director, or a designated agent, as frequently as may be required by the rules and regulations of the department.   After such further investigation as the regional director, or a designated agent, may deem necessary or the department may require, the amount of assistance in the form of money payments may be changed or assistance may be entirely withdrawn if the recipient's circumstances have altered to warrant such action.    A recipient shall submit to a reexamination as to such recipient's permanent and total disability when required to do so by the regional director, or a designated agent, or the department.   A recipient shall also furnish any information bearing on such recipient's eligibility required by the regional director, or a designated agent, or by the department.
TN Code § 71-4-1109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1109. Notice of Change of Status by Recipient

  If at any time during the continuance of assistance the recipient becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount stated in the application, it shall be the duty of the recipient immediately to notify the county office of the receipt or possession of such property or income.   The regional director, or a designated agent, may, after investigation, either cancel the assistance or alter the amount of the money payments in accordance with the circumstances.   Any assistance paid after the recipient has come into possession of such property or income and in excess of such recipient's need as determined by the department's standards shall be recoverable in a suit by the state as a debt due to the state.
TN Code § 71-4-1110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1110. Removal of Recipient From County

 Any recipient who moves to another county in this state shall be entitled with the approval of the department to receive assistance in the county to which the recipient has moved, and the regional director, or a designated agent, of the county from which the recipient has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the regional director, or a designated agent, of the county to which the recipient has moved.
TN Code § 71-4-1111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1111. Amendment of Law

 All assistance granted under this part shall be deemed to be granted to be held subject to any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of such recipient's assistance being affected in any way by any amending or repealing act.
TN Code § 71-4-1112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1112. Assignment of Benefits Prohibited — Exemption From Legal Process

 Assistance granted under this part shall not be transferable or assignable, at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this part shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
TN Code § 71-4-1113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1113. Fraudulent Devices — Penalty

 A person who:   Knowingly obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any persons to obtain, by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, assistance to which such person is not entitled or assistance greater than that to which such person is justly entitled; or   With intent to defraud, aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of the property, either personal or real, of a recipient of assistance, without the consent of the department;  commits a Class E felony.
TN Code § 71-4-1114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1114. Charging Disabled to File Application — Illegal Use of Lists — Penalty

  It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to directly or indirectly either charge or receive anything of value for assisting any person in making application to the proper authorities of this state, or any of them, for relief or assistance under this part.   It is unlawful for any person, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of this part, to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize or knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of, any list of names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving aid to the permanently and totally disabled, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the department or divisions of the department, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties, except as provided by §§ 71-1-117 and 71-1-118.   A person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 71-4-1115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 11 - Aid to Disabled Persons — General Financial Assistance|§ 71-4-1115. Veterans Education Benefits

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent permitted by federal law, the value of federal veterans education benefits received by an applicant shall not be included as any form of income when making eligibility determinations for assistance under this part.
TN Code § 71-4-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Division” means the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of human services;   “Employed” means engaged in activity of thirty (30) or more hours per week for which the individual receives remuneration at a rate not less than the federal minimum wage;   “Family member” means an individual's parent, grandparent, sibling, child, spouse, spouse's parent, spouse's grandparent, spouse's sibling or spouse's child;   “Personal care assistance services” means services rendered at least five (5) days a week at the times of day that are required by an individual with a severe physical disability to become physically independent in connection with actual employment. These services include, but are not limited to, any or all of following:  Routine bodily functions, such as bowel or bladder care;   Dressing;   Preparation and consumption of food;   Moving into, out of, or turning in bed;   Routine bathing;   Ambulation; or   Any other similar activity of daily living as determined appropriate by the division; and     “Severe physical disability” means a functional loss of both arms and both legs, when it is anticipated that the loss will be permanent.
TN Code § 71-4-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1202. Authorized

 The division shall subsidize personal care assistance services pursuant to this part for an individual eligible under § 71-4-1205. Such subsidy for any individual shall not exceed forty (40) hours per week.
TN Code § 71-4-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1203. Eligibility

 An individual is eligible for a personal care assistance services subsidy under this part if such individual:   Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;   Has a severe physical disability;   Is receiving or has received vocational rehabilitation services from the division;   Is employed or ready for employment;   Has a need documented under § 71-4-1205 for not less than fourteen (14) hours a week of personal care assistance service provided by a person other than a family member, which services are necessary to enable the individual to be employed;   Is not otherwise eligible for personal care assistance services under other state or federal programs;   Agrees to a periodic reevaluation of such individual's need for personal care assistance services and of the extent of that need;   Has no or insufficient personal income or other support from public services, family members or neighbors;   Agrees to recruit, hire, fire, and supervise the person who provides personal care assistance services to such individual; and   Qualifies under § 71-4-1206.
TN Code § 71-4-1204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1204. Amount

  The division shall determine the amount of subsidy provided under § 71-4-1202 by the following formula:  Individual's annual gross income, including social security disability income (SSDI), supplemental security income (SSI) and disability pensions;   Subtract federal and state income taxes paid from the amount in subdivision (a)(1);   Subtract standard federal personal and state income tax exemptions from the remainder in subdivision (a)(2);   Subtract F.I.C.A. or mandatory pension contributions from the remainder in subdivision (a)(3);   Subtract impairment related work expenses that are incurred by the individual in order to function on a job and that are not reimbursed by a third party from the remainder in subdivision (a)(4);   Divide the remainder in subdivision (a)(5) by two (2); and   Subtract four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800) from the quotient in subdivision (a)(6).     If there is no income remaining after application of the formula in subsection (a), the division shall subsidize full cost for personal care assistance services provided to that individual.   If there is income remaining after application of formula in subsection (a), the cost to the division for personal care services provided to that individual shall be reduced by the amount of that income.   This program may supplement any other program for which the individual is eligible.
TN Code § 71-4-1205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1205. Eligibility Evaluation Teams

  The director of the division shall designate one (1) or more evaluation teams, which shall consist of at least two (2) persons, one (1) of whom shall be a licensed medical professional and one (1) of whom shall be a licensed occupational therapist or physical therapist.   Each individual who applies to the division for a personal care assistance services subsidy shall be evaluated by an evaluation team, which shall determine the need of that individual for personal care assistance service and the extent of that need.   An individual receiving a personal care assistance services subsidy pursuant to this part shall be periodically reevaluated by an evaluation team to determine such individual's continuing need for personal care assistance services and the extent of that need.
TN Code § 71-4-1206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1206. Rules and Regulations — Establishment of Hourly Rate

  The commissioner of human services shall promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, such rules as shall be necessary to ensure that this part is implemented in an efficient and effective manner.   The commissioner is authorized to establish the hourly rate for the subsidy for personal care assistance services. Funding for the subsidy provided by this part shall be from year to year as such funds are specifically appropriated in the general appropriations act pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part 51.
TN Code § 71-4-1207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1207. Funds

  In addition to any state funds appropriated to provide services under this part, the department of human services may apply for and use any federal or private funds, grants, and other support that is available to carry out the personal care assistance program.   Expenditures under this part shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 71-4-1208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1208. Annual Reports — Register of Individuals

 The department of human services shall annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the progress made in the personal care assistance program and shall maintain a register of individuals served and individuals eligible for the program but unserved.
TN Code § 71-4-1209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 4 - Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities|Part 12 - Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies|§ 71-4-1209. [reserved.]

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent permitted by federal law, the value of federal veterans education benefits received by an applicant shall not be included as any form of income when making eligibility determinations for assistance under this part.