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PUBLIC LAW 87-807-OCT. 15, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-807 October 15, 1962 [S. 914]

District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1962.

AN ACT To provide for more effective administration of public assistance in the District of Columbia, to make certain relatives responsible fOr support of needy persons, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1962". DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the word "District" means the District of Columbia; the word "Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or the agents, agencies, officers, and employees designated by them to perform any function vested in them by this Act; the term "public assistance" means payment in or by money, medical care, remedial care, goods or services to, or for the benefit of, needy persons; the word "recipient" means a person to whom or on whose behalf public assistance is granted and the word "State" includes Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. CATEGORIES A N D ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

SEC. 3. (a) The following categories of public assistance are hereby established: (1) Old Age Assistance; (2) Aid to the Blind; (3) Aid to the Disabled; (4) Aid to Dependent Children; (5) General Public Assistance. (b) This Act shall be administered by the Commissioners who shall— (1) provide for maximum cooperation with other agencies rendering services to maintain and strengthen family life and to help applicants for public assistance and recipients to attain selfsupport or self-care; (2) establish and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Act; (3) cooperate in all necessary respects with agencies of the United States Government in the administration of this Act, and accept any funds, goods, or services payable to the District for public assistance and for administering public assistance; (4) enter into reciprocal agreements with any State relative to the provision of public assistance to residents and nonresidents. ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

SEC. 4. Public assistance shall be awarded to or on behalf of any needy individual who either (a) has resided in the District for one year immediately preceding the date of filing his application for such assistance; or (b) who was born within one year immediately preceding the application for such aid, if the parent or other relative with whom the child is living has resided in the District for one year immediately preceding the birth; or (c) is otherwise within one of the categories of public assistance established by this Act: Provided, That no persons shall be eligible for old-age assistance established by category number 1, subsection (a) of section 3 of this Act, unless

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