In fixing standards and issuing regulations under this chapter, the Commissioner for Children and Families shall be guided by the statutory standards set forth in this chapter, which standards shall not be deemed necessarily to incorporate by reference decisional or statutory law applicable to the aid to the aged, blind, and disabled program in effect prior to January 1, 1974. (Added 1973, No. 75, § 7, eff. date, see note under § 1301 of this title; amended 1973, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. April 14, 1974; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 88.)