Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-105

  • Assistance: means money payments made to or in behalf of blind 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 blind persons in need, but does not include subdivisions (1)(A)-(1)(D) unless the Social Security Act (42 U. See Tennessee Code 71-4-102
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-102
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Recipient: means a person who was receiving aid to the blind 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. See Tennessee Code 71-4-102

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.