Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§1311 Public assistance payments to legal representatives
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION › Part Part A— - General Provisions › § 1311
Summary
For subchapters I, X, XIV, XVI, and part A of subchapter IV, payments sent to a person a state court appoints just to receive and manage those payments are treated as if paid to the individual.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §1311
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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
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
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), Aug. 28, 1958, 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
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 [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
July 1, 1959.”
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 1311
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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