Rhode Island General Laws 40-6-17. Receipt and use of federal funds
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The state shall have authority to receive and expend through the department any funds that may become available from the federal government for public assistance purposes. The department, with the approval of the governor, shall have authority to meet federal requirements with respect to the administration of funds as may be set forth as conditions precedent to receiving the federal funds.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 118, art. 13, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40-6-17
- Department: shall mean the Rhode Island department of human services. See Rhode Island General Laws 40-6-1
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Public assistance: means general public assistance (GPA); supplemental security income (SSI); RI works pursuant to chapter 5. See Rhode Island General Laws 40-6-1