252.25 - COUNTY GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
252.25 COUNTY GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
The board of supervisors of each county shall provide for the
assistance of poor persons lawfully in the county who are ineligible
for, or are in immediate need and are awaiting approval and receipt
of, assistance under programs provided by state or federal law, or
whose actual needs cannot be fully met by the assistance furnished
under those programs. The county board of supervisors shall
establish general rules as the board's members deem necessary to
properly discharge their responsibility under this section.
All applications, investigation reports, and case records of
persons applying for county general assistance under this chapter are
privileged communications and confidential, subject to use and
inspection only by persons authorized by law in connection with their
official duties relating to financial audits and administration of
this chapter or as authorized by order of a district court.
Examination of an individual's applications, reports, and records may
also be authorized by a signed release from the individual. Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 1361; C97, § 2230; S13, § 2230; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5320;
C39, § 3828.097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§ 252.25] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1017, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1212, § 15; 96 Acts, ch 1140, §
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Referred to in § 22.7