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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part B · Chapter 7 — Social Security

§ 1383d. Outreach program for children

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

The Commissioner of Social Security shall establish and conduct an ongoing program of outreach to children who are potentially eligible for benefits under this subchapter by reason of disability or blindness.

(b)

Requirements

Under this program, the Commissioner of Social Security shall—

(1)

aim outreach efforts at populations for whom such efforts would be most effective; and

(2)

work in cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies, and nonprofit organizations, which serve blind or disabled individuals and have knowledge of potential recipients of supplemental security income benefits, and with agencies and organizations (including school systems and public and private social service agencies) which focus on the needs of children.

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. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989

    Pub. L. 101–239 title VIII § 8008(a) · 103 Stat. 2106

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1383d

    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1635, as added Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2463

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1635, as added Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2463

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Part B of title XVI (42 U.S.C. 1383 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: “SEC. 1635. OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. “(a) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish and conduct an ongoing program of outreach to children who are potentially eligible for benefits under this title by reason of disability or blindness. “(b) Requirements.— Under this program, the Secretary shall— “(1) aim outreach efforts at populations for whom such efforts would be most effective; and “(2) work in cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies, and nonprofit organizations, which serve blind or disabled individuals and have knowledge of potential recipients of supplemental security income benefits, and with agencies and organizations (including school systems and public and private social service agencies) which focus on the needs of children.”.

  2. Pub. L. 103–296 title I § 107(a)(4) · 108 Stat. 1464

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1383d(a); 42 U.S.C. § 1383d(b)

    Pub. L. 103–296 substituted “Commissioner of Social Security” for “Secretary”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–296 substituted “Commissioner of Social Security” for “Secretary”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) by striking, wherever it appears, each of the following words (but, in the case of any such word only if such word refers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services): “Secretary”, “Secretary’s”, “his”, “him”, “he”, “her”, and “she”, and inserting (in the case of the word “Secretary”) “Commissioner of Social Security”, (in the case of the word “Secretary’s”) “Commissioner’s”, (in the case of the word “his”) “the Commissioner’s”, (in the case of the word “him”) “the Commissioner”, (in the case of the word “her”) “the Commissioner” or “the Commissioner’s”, as may be appropriate, and (in the case of the words “she” or “he”) the Commissioner”,

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 103–296 effective Mar. 31, 1995, see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 103–296, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–296 substituted “Commissioner of Social Security” for “Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–296 effective , see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 103–296, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(b), , 103 Stat. 2463, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

Application to Northern Mariana Islands

For applicability of this section to the Northern Mariana Islands, see section 502(a)(1) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America and Proc. No. 4534, , 42 F.R. 6593, set out as notes under section 1801 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Credits

1935–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1935Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1635, as added Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(a), , 103 Stat. 2463
  2. 1994amended Pub. L. 103–296, title I, § 107(a)(4), , 108 Stat. 1478.
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1635, as added Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(a), , 103 Stat. 2463; amended Pub. L. 103–296, title I, § 107(a)(4), , 108 Stat. 1478.)

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