50-24.5-02. Powers and duties of the department

50-24.5-02. Powers and duties of the department The department shall: 1. Administer aid to vulnerable aged, blind, and disabled persons and supervise and direct human service zones in the administration of aid to vulnerable aged, blind, and disabled persons. 2. Supplement, within the limits of legislative appropriation, the income of an eligible beneficiary receiving necessary basic care services to the extent that the eligible beneficiary lacks income sufficient to meet the cost of that care, provided at rates determined by the department adjusted by the inflation rate for basic care services used to develop the legislative appropriation for the department. 3. Pay qualified basic care providers at rates determined by the department, within the limits of legislative appropriation. 4. Issue payment to basic care facilities for services provided to an eligible beneficiary. 5. Take action and give directions necessary to implement this chapter.