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[CITE: 42USC1383d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XVI--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR AGED, BLIND, AND 
                                DISABLED
 
                Part B--Procedural and General Provisions
 
Sec. 1383d. Outreach program for children


(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.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, Sec. 1635, as added Pub. L. 101-239, 
title VIII, Sec. 8008(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2463; amended Pub. L. 
103-296, title I, Sec. 107(a)(4), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1478.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103-296 substituted ``Commissioner 
of Social Security'' for ``Secretary''.


                    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

    Section 8008(b) of Pub. L. 101-239 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 [Dec. 19, 1989].''


                 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.
