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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part A · Chapter 7 — Social Security

§ 1311. Public assistance payments to legal representatives

Statutory text

For purposes of subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI, and part A of subchapter IV, payments on behalf of an individual, made to another person who has been judicially appointed, under the law of the State in which such individual resides, as legal representative of such individual for the purpose of receiving and managing such payments (whether or not he is such individual’s legal representative for other purposes), shall be regarded as money payments to such individual.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Social Security Amendments of 1958

    Pub. L. 85–840 title V § 511(a) · 72 Stat. 1013

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1311

    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1111, as added Pub. L. 85–840, title V, § 511(a), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1051

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1111, as added Pub. L. 85–840, title V, § 511(a), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1051

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Title XI of the Social Security Act is amended by adding 42 USC 1310. after section 1110 the following new section: “Sec. 1111. “public assistance payments to legal representatives For purposes of titles I, IV, X, and XIV, payments on 42 USC 301–306, 601–606, 1201–1206, 1351–1355. behalf of an individual, made to another person who has been judicially appointed, under the law of the State in which such individual resides, as legal representative of such individual for the purpose of receiving and managing such payments (whether or not he is such individual’s legal representative for other purposes), shall be regarded as money payments to such individual.”

  2. Pub. L. 87–543 title I § 141(d) · 76 Stat. 172

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 1311

    Pub. L. 87–543 inserted reference to subchapter XVI

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–543 inserted reference to subchapter XVI.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (d) Section 1111 of such Act is amended by striking out “and XIV” 42 USC 1311. and inserting in lieu thereof “XIV, and XVI”.

  3. Social Security Amendments of 1967

    Pub. L. 90–248 title II § 241(c)(3) · 81 Stat. 821

    Struck and inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 1311

    Pub. L. 90–248 struck out “IV,” after “I,” and inserted “and part A of subchapter IV,” after “XVI,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–248 struck out “IV,” after “I,” and inserted “and part A of subchapter IV,” after “XVI,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 1111 of such Act is amended by striking out “IV,”, and 42 USC 1311. by inserting after “XVI,” the following: “, and part A of title IV,”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1962–1968 · 2 rounds

1968

Pub. L. 90–248 struck out “IV,” after “I,” and inserted “and part A of subchapter IV,” after “XVI,”.

1962

Pub. L. 87–543 inserted reference to subchapter XVI.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 85–840, title V, § 511(b), , 72 Stat. 1052, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall be applicable in the case of payments to legal representatives by any State made after ; and to such payments by any State made after , and prior to , if certifications for payment to such State have been made by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services] with respect thereto, or such State has presented to the Secretary a claim (and such other data as the Secretary may require) with respect thereto, prior to .”

Credits

1935–1968 · 3 acts
  1. 1935Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1111, as added Pub. L. 85–840, title V, § 511(a), , 72 Stat. 1051
  2. 1962amended Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 141(d), , 76 Stat. 205
  3. 1968Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 241(c)(3), , 81 Stat. 917.
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1111, as added Pub. L. 85–840, title V, § 511(a), , 72 Stat. 1051; amended Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 141(d), , 76 Stat. 205; Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 241(c)(3), , 81 Stat. 917.)

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