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42-2-103. Provision of assistance and services; duties of department; burial assistance; department of health state supplemental security income program.

(a)The department shall provide and administer programs…#

(a) The department shall provide and administer programs for public assistance and social services in Wyoming to those individuals lacking sufficient income or resources to provide themselves or their families with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health or with services necessary for their well-being.

(b)In carrying out subsection (a) of this section and…#

(b) In carrying out subsection (a) of this section and except as provided under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act, the department shall:

(i)Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 179, § 2.#

(i) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 179, § 2.

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42-2-103. Provision of assistance and services; duties of department; burial assistance; department of health state supplemental security income program.

(a)The department shall provide and administer programs…#

(a) The department shall provide and administer programs for public assistance and social services in Wyoming to those individuals lacking sufficient income or resources to provide themselves or their families with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health or with services necessary for their well-being.

(b)In carrying out subsection (a) of this section and…#

(b) In carrying out subsection (a) of this section and except as provided under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act, the department shall:

(i)Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 179, § 2.#

(i) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 179, § 2.

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Establish policies and standards for the provision of…

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(ii) Establish policies and standards for the provision of public assistance and social services in accordance with this article and federal law and regulation;

(iii) Except as otherwise provided by law, establish by rule and regulation payment amounts and service levels for public assistance and social services programs provided under this article based upon the financial condition of the individual applicant or recipient;

(iv) Supervise the expenditure of state funds and federal funds allocated to the state for purposes of providing public assistance and social services in such a manner as to ensure that, to the extent funds are available and authorized by the legislature, funds may be used in separate state-funded programs to:

(A) Use, to the extent practicable, state maintenance of effort funds in a separate state funded program to provide public assistance to eligible individuals who have exhausted their benefits under the federal temporary assistance to needy families block grant and are exempt from the five (5) year limitation under paragraph (e)(i) of this section;

(B) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 108, § 2.

(C) Allow an individual receiving assistance to attend school as provided by W.S. 42-2-109(a) provided the individual: