[§346-74]  Representative payee. (a)  Persons determined to be eligible under section 346-71 because they have aprimary diagnosis of substance abuse shall have their benefits issued through arepresentative payee.  The representative payee shall be designated by thedepartment of health.

(b)  Persons whose eligibility is notdetermined until after December 1, 1995, shall have their benefits issuedthrough a representative payee.  Persons whose eligibility has been determinedprior to December 1, 1995, shall have their benefits issued through arepresentative payee when recertified.

[(c)]  The department of health shall submitannual reports to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to theconvening of each regular session, detailing the money expended during the yearon the representative payee program and providing general demographic data,such as age, ethnicity, gender, and geographic residence, of the people servedby the program. [L 1995, c 207, §§2, 5]