§1815 Monetary Allowance

Summary

The Secretary must pay a monthly allowance to any eligible child who has a disability caused by covered birth defects. How much the child gets depends on how severe the disability is. The Secretary will use a rating schedule with four levels. The schedule can look at limits on thinking, talking, moving, daily activities, and the ability to work. The monthly amounts are: lowest level — $100; lower intermediate — the greater of $214 or the monthly amount paid under section 1805(b)(3) for that section’s lowest level; higher intermediate — the greater of $743 or the monthly amount paid under section 1805(b)(3) for that section’s intermediate level; highest — the greater of $1,272 or the monthly amount paid under section 1805(b)(3) for that section’s highest level. Those dollar amounts can be adjusted from time to time under section 5312.