69-3-1002. Eligibility -- rules. (1) A residential subscriber with single telephone line service at the subscriber's principal residence is eligible for low-income telephone assistance if the subscriber is certified by the department of public health and human services as a recipient of medicaid benefits.
     (2) The department shall periodically certify and verify the eligibility of a subscriber to receive low-income telephone assistance.
     (3) The department may adopt rules to establish procedures for the certification and verification of eligible subscribers.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 391, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 519, Ch. 546, L. 1995.