Chap. 133.—An ACT“to amend and re-enact Sections 10, 27 and 40, as amended,
of Chapter 379 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938,
known as the “Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Act of 1938”, relating to
the eligibility of aged persons, dependent children and blind persons for aid and
assistance under the act. [S B 70]

Approved March 9, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That sections ten, twenty-seven, and forty, as amended, of
chapter three hundred seventy-nine of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen
hundred thirty-eight, approved March thirty-one, nineteen hundred
thirty-eight, known as the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Act
of nineteen hundred thirty-eight, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 10. Eligibility for assistance——An aged person shall be
eligible for assistance if he

(a) Has attained the age of sixty-five years ;

(b) Has resided in this State for at least five years within the nine
years immediately preceding the date of application for such assistance,
and continuously for one year immediately preceding such application,
provided however, that this residence requirement may be waived either
in part or entirely with respect to persons coming from such states as
will enter into reciprocal agreements pursuant to chapter one hundred
fourteen, Acts of General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty ;

(c) Is needy and is in need of public assistance ;

(d) Is not an inmate of or being maintained by any county, muni-
cipal, State, or national institution at the time of receiving such assis-
tance; such an inmate may however make application for old age assis-
tance, but such assistance, if granted, shall not begin until after he ceases
to be such inmate; provided that in the event the Federal Social Security
Act or other appropriate federal statutes are so amended as to permit
funds appropriated by Congress to be used for assistance to aged persons
who are inmates of public institutions, then being an inmate of any such
institution shall not disqualify any such person for assistance;

(e) Has not made an assignment or transfer of property so as to
render himself eligible for old age assistance under this act at any time
within five years immediately prior to the filing of the application for
such assistance.

Section 27. Eligibility for aid to dependent children.—A dependent
child shall be eligible for aid to dependent children if such child

(a) Has not attained the age of sixteen years, or if regularly at-
tending school has not attained the age of eighteen years;

(b) Has resided in this State for one year immediately preceding
the application for aid to dependent children, or was born within this
State within one year immediately preceding such application if its mother
resided in this State for one year immediately preceding such birth;

(c) Is deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death,
continued absence from home, or physical or mental incapacity of a par-
ent ;

(d) Is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother,
brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle or
aunt in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives
as his or their own home, provided that in the event the Federal Social
Security Act or other appropriate federal statutes are so amended as
to permit funds appropriated by Congress to be used for aid to dependent
children living elsewhere than in such residence or home, then living in
such residence or home shall not be necessary to qualify such child for
aid; and

(e) Is needy and in need of public assistance.

Section 40. Eligibility for aid to the blind—A blind person shall
be eligible for aid to the blind if he

(a) Has, with correcting glasses, twenty/two hundredths (20/200)
vision or less, in the better eye;

(b) Has resided in this State for at least five years within the nine
years immediately preceding the date of application for aid to the blind,
and continuously for one year immediately preceding such application ;
provided however that this residence requirement may be waived either
in part or entirely with respect to persons coming from such states as will
enter into reciprocal agreements pursuant to chapter one hundred four-
teen, Acts of General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty ;

(c) Is needy and is in need of public assistance ;

(d) Is not an inmate of or being maintained by any county, muni-
cipal, State or national institution at the time of receiving aid to the
blind; such an inmate may however make application for such aid, but
such aid, 1f granted, shall not begin until after he ceases to be such inmate ;
provided that in the event the Federal Social Security Act or other ap-
propriate federal statutes are so amended as to permit funds appropriated
by Congress to be used for aid to blind persons who are inmates of pub-
lic institutions, then being an inmate of any such institution shall not dis-
qualify any such person for aid; and

(e) Has not made an assignment or transfer of property so as to
render himself eligible for aid to the blind under this act at any time
within five years immediately prior to the filing of the application for
such aid.