Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§1383d Outreach Program for Children
Title 42 › CHAPTER 7 — SOCIAL SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER XVI — SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED › Part B — Procedural and General Provisions › § 1383d
Summary
The Social Security Commissioner must run an ongoing outreach program to find children who may qualify for benefits because they are blind or disabled. The program must focus on groups where outreach will work best and partner with federal, state, private, nonprofit, and school agencies that serve children or disabled people.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §1383d
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(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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–296 substituted “Commissioner of Social Security” for “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1994 AmendmentAmendment 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
Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(b), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2463, 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 IslandsFor 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.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 1383d
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110