Section 134. Supervision  


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  • The social service officials responsible under
      section one hundred thirty-two for  investigating  any  application  for
      public  assistance  and  care, shall maintain close contact with persons
      granted public assistance and care.  Such persons shall  be  visited  as
      frequently  as  is  provided  by  the  regulations  of the department or
      required by the circumstances of the case, in order that  any  treatment
      or   service   tending  to  restore  such  persons  to  a  condition  of
      self-support and to relieve their distress may be rendered and in  order
      that  assistance or care may be given only in such amount and as long as
      necessary.  Persons receiving care in an institution shall be visited as
      often as may be necessary in order that any service or  care  needed  by
      them  shall  be  provided  and in order that institutional care shall be
      given only as long as it is advantageous for the person's welfare.   The
      circumstances   of   a   person   receiving   continued  care  shall  be
      reinvestigated as frequently as the regulations of  the  department  may
      require.