Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 3.djvu/389

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PUBLIC LAW 106-170—DEC. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 1907 "(i) whose claim for benefits is finally adjudicated on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or "(ii) whose entitlement to benefits is based upon an entitlement redetermination made pursuant to subparagraph (C).". (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by this section 42 USC 405 note. shall take effect as if included in the enact;ment of section 105 of the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-121; 110 Stat. 852 et seq.). SEC. 402. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS TO PRISONERS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Section 202(x)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is amended— (A) by inserting "(A)" after "(3)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agreement under this subparagraph with any interested State; or local institution comprising a jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility, or comprising any other institution a purpose of which is to confine individuals as described in paragraph (l)(A)(ii). Under such agreement— "(I) the institution shall provide to title Commissioner, on a monthly basis and in a manner specified by the Commissioner, the names, Social Security account numbers, dates of birth, confinement commencement dates, and, to the extent available to the institution, such other identifying information concerning the individuals confined in the institution as the Commissioner may require for the purjjose of carrying out paragraph (1) and other provisions of this title; and "(II) the Commissioner shall pay to the institution, with respect to information described in subclause (I) concerning each individual who is confined therein as described in paragraph (1)(A), who receives a benefit under this title for the month preceding the first month of such confinement, and whose benefit under this title is determined by the Commissioner to be not payable by reason of confinement based on the information provided by the institution, $400 (subject to reduction under clause (ii)) if the institution furnishes the information to the Commissioner within 30 days after the date such individual's confinement in such institution begins, or $200 (subject to reduction under clause (ii)) if the institution fiimishes the information after 30 days after such date but within 90 days after such date. "(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II) shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also required to make a payment to the institution with resp(3ct to the same individual under an agreement entered into under section 1611(e)(l)(I). "(iii) There are authorized to be transferred from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as appropriate, such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner to make payments to institutions required by clause (i)(II).