§18501 Exclusion of Payments From State Eugenics Compensation Programs From Consideration in Determining Eligibility For, or the Amount Of, Federal Public Benefits

Summary

Payments from state eugenics compensation programs must not be counted as income or assets when deciding if someone can get, or how much they get from, any federal public benefit. Federal public benefit — any grant, contract, loan, professional or commercial license, or help like retirement, welfare, health, disability, housing, college aid, food assistance, or unemployment that comes from a U.S. agency or is paid with U.S. government funds. State eugenics compensation program — a state law program that pays people who were sterilized under state authority.