§347-5  Obtaining federal benefits.  Thedepartment of human services may, as the agency of the State for the assistanceof blind or visually handicapped persons, do all things which will enable theState and the blind and the visually handicapped in the State to have thebenefits of all federal laws for the benefit of blind and visually handicappedpersons. [L 1947, c 108, §4; RL 1955, §109-4; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §20; HRS§347-5; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4]