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[CITE: 42USC1381a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XVI--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR AGED, BLIND, AND 
                                DISABLED
 
Sec. 1381a. Basic entitlement to benefits

    Every aged, blind, or disabled individual who is determined under 
part A of this subchapter to be eligible on the basis of his income and 
resources shall, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 
this subchapter, be paid benefits by the Commissioner of Social 
Security.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, Sec. 1602, as added Pub. L. 92-603, 
title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1465; amended Pub. L. 98-
369, div. B, title VI, Sec. 2663(j)(2)(E), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1170; 
Pub. L. 103-296, title I, Sec. 107(a)(1), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 
1477.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1602 of act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, as 
added July 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87-543, title I, Sec. 141(a), 76 Stat. 198; 
amended Oct. 13, 1964, Pub. L. 88-650, Sec. 5(b), 78 Stat. 1078; July 
30, 1965, Pub. L. 89-97, title II, Sec. 221(d)(3), title IV, 
Sec. 403(e), 79 Stat. 358, 418; Jan. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-248, title II, 
Secs. 210(a)(5), 213(a)(4), 241(d), 81 Stat. 896, 898, 917, formerly 
classified to section 1382 of this title, set forth the required 
contents of State plans for aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and for 
medical assistance for the aged, prior to the general amendment of title 
XVI of the Social Security Act by Pub. L. 92-603, Sec. 301.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-296 substituted ``Commissioner of Social 
Security'' for ``Secretary of Health and Human Services''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``Health and Human Services'' for 
``Health, Education, and Welfare''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    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.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section 301 of Pub. L. 92-603 provided that this section is 
effective Jan. 1, 1974.


                 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, Oct. 24, 1977, 42 F.R. 6593, set out as 
notes under section 1801 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.


                  Puerto Rico, Guam, and Virgin Islands

    Enactment of provisions of Pub. L. 92-603, eff. Jan. 1, 1974, not 
applicable to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, see section 
303(b) of Pub. L. 92-603, set out as a note under section 301 of this 
title.
