Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 56-201 (2026)
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As used in this act:
(a) "State department" means the state department of health and welfare;
(b) "Director" means the director of the department of health and welfare;
(c) "Public welfare" means public assistance and social services;
(d) "Social services" means activities of the department in efforts to bring about economic, social and vocational adjustment of families and persons;
(e) "Public assistance" includes general assistance, old-age assistance, aid to the blind, assistance to families with children, aid to the disabled, and medical assistance;
(f) "General assistance" means direct assistance in cash, direct assistance in kind, and supplementary assistance;
(g) "Direct assistance in cash" means money payments to eligible people not classified as old-age assistance, or aid to the blind, or assistance to families with children, or aid to the disabled, or medical assistance;
(h) "Direct assistance in kind" means payments to others on behalf of a person or family for food, rent, clothing, and other normal subsistence needs;
(i) "Supplementary assistance" means payments to others on behalf of a person or family for transportation and costs incidental to vocational adjustment or employment;
(j) "Old-age assistance" means money payments to or on behalf of needy aged people;
(k) "Aid to the blind" means money payments to or on behalf of blind people who are needy;
(l) "Assistance to families with children" means money payments, direct assistance in kind, supplementary assistance, and social services targeted toward self-sufficiency with respect to or on behalf of eligible families with children;
(m) "Aged" means any person sixty-five (65) years or older;
(n) "Aid to the disabled" means money payments to or on behalf of needy individuals who are disabled, and whose disability prevents self-support through employment for a period of at least one (1) year from the date of onset of the disability;
(o) "Medical assistance" means payments for part or all of the cost of such care and services allowable within the scope of title XIX of the federal social security act as amended as may be designated by department rule;
(p) "Provider" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or organization, public or private, who provides residential or assisted living services, certified family home services, nursing facility services, services offered pursuant to the medicaid program, or services offered pursuant to titles IV or XX of the social security act;
(q) "Needy" means the condition where a person or family does not have income and available resources in accordance with the provisions of section 56-210, Idaho Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1972–1998 · leading case: Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972).
Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972). “Since there is no legislative history to give us insight into the Idaho legislature's collective minds, the literal, but logical, wording of the entire statutory scheme of medical assistance (I.C. § 56-201 et seq.) must be considered.”
Hayman v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 604 P.2d 724 (Idaho 1979). “" See I.C. §§ 56-201(j), 56-201(m), 56-205, 56-207 and 56-210.”
Maresh v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Caballero, 970 P.2d 14 (Idaho 1998). “" I.C. § 56-201( o ). "Social services" is defined to mean "activities of the department in efforts to bring about economic, social and vocational adjustment of families and persons.”
Madsen v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 755 P.2d 479 (Idaho Ct. App. 1988). “§ 1396n; I.C. §§ 56-201(o) and 56-209b. Federally regulated, the program is designed to permit the state to offer an array of home and community-based services for aged, blind or disabled persons receiving Medicaid benefits, as an alternative to institutionalization.”
Chinchurreta v. Evergreen Mgmt., Inc., 790 P.2d 369 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990). “At I.C. § 56-201(e), however, we find that "public assistance" is defined as "general assistance, old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to dependent children, aid to the disabled, and medical assistance.”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Martz v. Reid, 865 P.2d 999 (Idaho Ct. App. 1993). “"Aid to dependent children" is defined by I.C. § 56-201 to mean: money payments with respect to or in behalf of needy dependent children, who are deprived of parental care or support by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical mental incapacity of a…”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Bowler v. Bowler, 782 P.2d 63 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). ““Aid to dependent children” is defined by I.C. § 56-201(/) to mean money payments with respect to or in behalf of needy dependent children, who are deprived of parental care or support by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a…”
Davison v. State, 660 P.2d 54 (Idaho 1982). “I.C. § 56-201 is the section of Idaho public assistance law which defines terms used in the law.”
Jagow v. Child, 521 P.2d 654 (Idaho 1974). “§ 56-201(i). The legislature authorized the department to “[d]efine dependent children in such terms that will meet the requirements for federal financial participation in aid to dependent children payments.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(1) — 1 case
Davison v. State, 660 P.2d 54 (Idaho 1982). “I.C. § 56-201 is the section of Idaho public assistance law which defines terms used in the law.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(d) — 1 case
Maresh v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Caballero, 970 P.2d 14 (Idaho 1998). “" I.C. § 56-201( o ). "Social services" is defined to mean "activities of the department in efforts to bring about economic, social and vocational adjustment of families and persons.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(e) — 2 cases
Chinchurreta v. Evergreen Mgmt., Inc., 790 P.2d 369 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990). “At I.C. § 56-201(e), however, we find that "public assistance" is defined as "general assistance, old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to dependent children, aid to the disabled, and medical assistance.”
Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972). “Since there is no legislative history to give us insight into the Idaho legislature's collective minds, the literal, but logical, wording of the entire statutory scheme of medical assistance (I.C. § 56-201 et seq.) must be considered.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(i) — 1 case
Jagow v. Child, 521 P.2d 654 (Idaho 1974). “§ 56-201(i). The legislature authorized the department to “[d]efine dependent children in such terms that will meet the requirements for federal financial participation in aid to dependent children payments.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(j) — 1 case
Hayman v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 604 P.2d 724 (Idaho 1979). “" See I.C. §§ 56-201(j), 56-201(m), 56-205, 56-207 and 56-210.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(m) — 1 case
Hayman v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 604 P.2d 724 (Idaho 1979). “" See I.C. §§ 56-201(j), 56-201(m), 56-205, 56-207 and 56-210.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(o) — 3 cases
Madsen v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 755 P.2d 479 (Idaho Ct. App. 1988). “§ 1396n; I.C. §§ 56-201(o) and 56-209b. Federally regulated, the program is designed to permit the state to offer an array of home and community-based services for aged, blind or disabled persons receiving Medicaid benefits, as an alternative to institutionalization.”
Maresh v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Caballero, 970 P.2d 14 (Idaho 1998). “" I.C. § 56-201( o ). "Social services" is defined to mean "activities of the department in efforts to bring about economic, social and vocational adjustment of families and persons.”
Curtis v. Child, 501 P.2d 1374 (Idaho 1972). “Since there is no legislative history to give us insight into the Idaho legislature's collective minds, the literal, but logical, wording of the entire statutory scheme of medical assistance (I.C. § 56-201 et seq.) must be considered.”
— Idaho Code § 56-201(q) — 1 case
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Bowler v. Bowler, 782 P.2d 63 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). ““Aid to dependent children” is defined by I.C. § 56-201(/) to mean money payments with respect to or in behalf of needy dependent children, who are deprived of parental care or support by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a…”
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