CHAPTER 626

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding u section: numbered
68-106.1, to authorize the Commissioner of Public Welfare to provide
payments for medical care and services rendered to recipients of old
age assistance under certain circumstances; to enter into agreements
or contracts to facilitate such payments; and to provide for the cost
of administration of such contracts.

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Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
63-106.1, as follows:

§ 63-106. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Com-
missioner is authorized, subject to the approval of the State Board, to
initiate a plan to provide payments for medical care and services rend-
ered to persons receiving old age assistance, whether such care and services
are provided under Title XVIII of the Federal Social Security Act or
under rules and regulations of the State Board. Subject to the approval
of the State Board, the Commissioner is authorized to enter into agree-
ments with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United
States and to execute contracts with carriers on behalf of local boards of
public welfare to facilitate payments for such medical care and services.
The cost of administration of such contracts with carriers shall be paid out
of the general fund of the State treasury.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.