The US Social Security Administration Is a Federal Agency

question 50

Multiple Choice

The U.S. Social Security Administration is a federal agency. The Iowa Department of Social Services is a parallel state agency. If these agen?cies' regulations conflict

• A) the federal agency's regulations take precedence.
• B) the state agency's regulations take precedence.
• C) the two agencies' regulations take equal precedence.
• D) the two agencies' regulations cancel each other.

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