(a) 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.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-1108

  • 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. See Tennessee Code 71-4-1102
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-1102
  • 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. See Tennessee Code 71-4-1102
  • Regional director: means the director of a region, or a designated agent in a county office, under chapter 1, part 1, of this title. See Tennessee Code 71-4-1102
(b) 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may require, the amount of assistance in the form of money payments may be changed or assistance may be entirely withdrawn if the recipient‘s circumstances have altered to warrant such action.
(c)

(1) 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.
(2) 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.
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