The department shall establish a program of supplemental postnatal assistance for those developmentally or intellectually disabled persons who during pregnancy received temporary assistance for needy families but whose assistance was revoked upon relinquishment of the newly born child for adoption. The supplemental postnatal assistance provided for in this section shall be at the same rate as temporary assistance for needy families, but supplemental postnatal assistance shall not exceed a period of sixty days. The department shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section. History: 1978 Comp., § 27-2-6.1, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 30, § 1; 2023, ch. 113, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, updated terms relating to developmental and intellectual disabilities; deleted 'health and social services', deleted 'mentally retarded' and added 'developmentally or intellectually disabled', and deleted 'aid to families with dependent children' and added 'temporary assistance for needy families'.
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