Section 1240-01-44-.02 - ASSISTANCE FOR US CITIZENS RETURNED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIESSection 1113 of the Social Security Act, as amended, provides a program of temporary assistance to US citizens or dependents of US citizens who have been brought back to the US from a foreign country because of destitution or illness or because of war, threat of war, invasion, or similar crisis.
(1) Arrangements for reception into the US and provision of immediate assistance are made through the US Department of State. After immediate reception, the returned citizen (dependent) may be transferred to his/her residence or to the place in which relatives or friends who have interest in the citizen reside.(2) The State Department arranges with an agency in the state to which the citizen is being sent, (in Tennessee the DHS) to provide necessary assistance/service.(3) Through (5) Reserved for future use.(6) The returned citizen will have all of his/her rights protected as any other client of the agency. The citizen will be informed that his/her own income and resources must be used first to meet his/her needs. If he/she has inadequate income/resources and assistance is provided, he/she will be expected to repay such assistance based on his/her ability to do so.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-44-.02
Original rule filed August 15, 1980; effective September 29, 1980.Authority:45 CFR 212.1 through 212.10.