§ 134. Supervision. 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.