92 STAT. 304
PUBLIC LAW 95-291—JUNE 12, 1978
Public Law 95-291 95th Congress An Act June 12, 1978 [H.R. 11370]
Social Security Act, expenditure reimbursement. Appropriation authorization. 42 USC 1397a note.
42 USC 301, 601, 801 note, 1201 note, 1351 note, 1381. "Unpaid claim."
42 USC 1320b note.
42 USC 1397a note.
42 USC 301, 601, 801 note, 1201 note, 1351 note, 1381.
To authorize an appropriation to reimburKe certain expenditures for social services provided by the States prior to October 1, 1975, under titles I, IV-A, VI, X, XIV, and XVI of the S(x;ial Security Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year which ends on September 30, 1979, not to exceed $543,000,000, to remain available until expended, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to any State the amount determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary"), in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this Act, to be payable to the State in settlement of the unpaid claim of the State against the United States for reimbursement of expenditures made by the State prior to October 1, 1975, with respect to services (and related administrative costs) which the State asserts were provided (or incurred) under an approved State plan pursuant to title I, IV-A, VI, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act. (b) For purposes of this Act, the term "unpaid claim" of any State means (subject to the succeeding sentence) the total amount of Federal reimbursement for expenditures of the type specified in subsection (a) which has not been paid to such State prior to the date of enactment of this Act. In determining such total amount in the case of any State, any portion thereof attributable to expenditures made in any fiscal year with respect to which the provisions of section 1130 of the Social Security Act (as then in effect) were applicable shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the excess (if any) of (1) the aggregate of the portion of such total amount attributable to expenditures made in such year and the total amount of the Federal reimbursement paid prior to the date of enactment of this Act to such State with respect to expenditures made in such year, over (2) the State's allotment determined under such section 1130 for such year. SEC. 2. (a) In the case of that portion of the unpaid claim of a State that the Secretary determines was asserted against the United States, in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary with respect to the filing of claims under titles I, IV-A, VI, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act, prior to April 1, 1977, the Secretary shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payments to the State the sum of— (1) an amount equal to 38 percent of so much of such portion as does not exceed $50,000,000; (2) an amount equal to 35 percent of so much of such portion as exceeds $50,000,000 but does not exceed $150,000,000; and (3) an amount equal to 21 percent of so much of such portion as exceeds $150,000,000; except that the percentage specified in paragraph (1) shall be 58 percent and the percentage specified in paragraph (2) shall be 50 percent in the case of a State if the portion of the unpaid claim of such State referred to in the preceding provisions of this subsection equals or exceeds 85 percent of the sum of (A) such portion and (B) the
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