Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118A, § 3 (2026)
Federal agreement; administration of program
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Section 3. The commissioner of transitional assistance shall enter into an agreement with the Social Security Administration regarding the administration of the program of state supplementary payments authorized in section 1. This agreement shall contain all of the requirements for, and limitations and qualifications on, state supplementary payments which Title XVI or regulations adopted thereunder make necessary. At the option of the commissioner, this agreement may provide for either state or federal administration of the program. Administration of the program by the commonwealth may be delegated to another governmental entity.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1961–1986 · leading case: Town of Natick v. Massachusetts Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 171 N.E.2d 273 (Mass. 1961).
Town of Natick v. Massachusetts Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 171 N.E.2d 273 (Mass. 1961). “The decision, on an appeal by an aggrieved recipient of old age assistance, under G. L. c. 118A, § 3, had ordered an increase in the monthly allowance which on June 1,1958, had been reduced by the Natick board of public welfare, bureau of old age assistance.”
Kraft v. Comm'r of Pub. Welfare, 496 N.E.2d 1379 (Mass. 1986). “Pursuant to G. L. c. 118A, § 3, 6 the Commonwealth has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (Secretary) under which the Secretary provides the State’s supplementary payments as part of an individual’s SSI grant.”
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