PUBLIC LAW 96-611—DEC. 28, 1980
94 STAT. 3567
SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on, and apply to services furnished on or after, July 1, 1981.
Effective date. 42 USC 1395/ note.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AND FOSTER CARE
SEC 3. Section 474 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d)(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each quarter, estimate the amount to which a State will be entitled under subsections (a), (b), and (c) for such quarter, such estimates to be based on (A) a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such subsections, and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in such quarter, and if such amount is less than the State's proportionate share of the total sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which the difference is expected to be derived, (B) records showing the number of children in the State receiving assistance under this part, and (c) such other investigation as the secretary may find necessary. "(2) The Secretary shall then pay to the State, in such installments as he may determine, the amounts so estimated, reduced or increased to the extent of any overpayment or underpayment which the Secretary determines was made under this section to such State for any prior quarter and with respect to which adjustment has not already been made under this suDsection. "(3) The pro rata share to which the United States is equitably entitled, as determined by the Secretary, of the net amount recovered during any quarter by the State or any political subdivision thereof with respect to foster care and adoption assistance furnished under the State plan shall be considered an overpayment to be adjusted under this subsection.". SEC. 4. Section 406(a)(2) of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) by inserting "at the option of the State," after "(B)"; and (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", or (C) at the option of the State, under the age of twenty-one and (as determined by the State in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary) a student regularly attending a school in grade twelve or below or regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training, other than a course provided by or through a college or university, designed to fit him for gainful employment". SEC. 5. (a) Section 1613 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
42 USC 674. Estimates, State entitlement.
Pro rata share,
42 USC 606.
42 USC 1382b.
DISPOSAL OF R E S O U R C E S FOR LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE
"(c)(1) In determining the resources of an individual (and his eligible spouse, if any) there shall be included (but subject to the exclusions under subsection (a)) any resource (or interest therein) owned by such individual or eligible spouse within the preceding 24 months if such individual or eligible spouse gave away or sold such resource or interest at less than fair market value of such resource or interest for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or assistance under this Act. "(2) Any transaction described in paragraph (1) shall be presumed to have been for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or assistance under this Act unless such individual or eligible spouse
Benefits, eligibility.
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