(a) 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 regional director or a designated agent of the receipt or possession of such property or income.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-111

  • 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
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-102
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Regional director: means the director of a region under chapter 1, part 1 of this title. See Tennessee Code 71-4-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The regional director or a designated agent may, after investigation, either cancel the assistance or alter the amount of the money payment in accordance with the circumstances.
(c) Any assistance paid after the recipient has come into possession of such property or income and in excess of the 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.
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