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[CITE: 42USC1311]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1311. Public assistance payments to legal representatives

    For purposes of subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI of this chapter, and 
part A of subchapter IV of this chapter, 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.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1111, as added Pub. L. 85-840, 
title V, Sec. 511(a), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1051; amended Pub. L. 87-
543, title I, Sec. 141(d), July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 205; Pub. L. 90-248, 
title II, Sec. 241(c)(3), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 917.)

                       References in Text

    Part A of subchapter IV of this chapter, referred to in text, is 
classified to section 601 et seq. of this title.


                               Amendments

    1968--Pub. L. 90-248 struck out ``IV,'' after ``I,'' and inserted 
``and part A of subchapter IV of this chapter,'' after ``XVI of this 
chapter,''.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-543 inserted reference to subchapter XVI.


                             Effective Date

    Section 511(b) of Pub. L. 85-840 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 June 
30, 1958; and to such payments by any State made after December 31, 
1955, and prior to July 1, 1958, if certifications for payment to such 
State have been made by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
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 July 1, 1959.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 306, 1206, 1385 of this 
title.
