Title XVIb — Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled1

Social Security Act

Table of Contents Of Title²

§1601. Purpose; appropriations

§1602. Basic eligibility for benefits

Part A - Determination of Benefits

§1611. Eligibility for and amount of benefits

§1612. Income

§1613. Resources

§1614. Meaning of terms

§1615. Rehabilitation services for blind and disabled individuals

§1616. Optional State supplementation

§1617. Cost-of-living adjustments in benefits

§1618. Operation of State supplementation programs

§1619. Benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite severe medical impairment

§1620. Medical and social services for certain handicapped persons

§1621. Attribution of sponsor's income and resources to aliens

Part B - Procedural and General Provisions

§1631. Payments and procedures

§1632. Penalties for fraud

§1633. Administration

§1634. Determinations of medicaid eligibility

§1635. Outreach program for children

§1636. Treatment referrals for individuals with an alcoholism or drug addiction condition

§1637. Annual report on program

¹ This Title XVI of the Social Security Act is administered by the Social Security Administration.

This Title XVI appears in the United States Code as §§1381-1383d, subchapter XVI, chapter 7, Title 42.

Regulations with respect to this Title XVI are contained in chapter III, Title 20, Code of Federal Regulations.

See Vol. II, 31 U.S.C. 3720 and 3720A, with respect to collection of payments due to Federal agencies.

See Vol. II, P.L. 88-525, §11(i), with respect to the acceptance by social security offices of applications for participation in the food stamp program from recipients of supplemental security income.

P.L. 94-241, §1 (§502 of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America), approved March 24, 1976, provides that this Title XVI is applicable to the Northern Mariana Islands.

See Vol. II, P.L. 95-521, §102(i), with respect to reporting of benefits received under the Social Security Act.

See Vol. II, P.L. 96-223, §102, with respect to allocation of funds for programs to assist SSI recipients.

See Vol. II, P.L. 97-300, §106(e), with respect to performance standards; and §§501-505, with respect to the payment of a bonus for the successful job placement of certain employable dependent individuals.

See Vol. II, P.L. 100-203, §9117, with respect to the demonstration program to assist homeless individuals.

See Vol. II, P.L. 100-204, §724(d), with respect to furnishing information to the United States Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations; and §725(b), with respect to the detailing of Government personnel.

See Vol. II, P.L. 100-235, §§5-8, with respect to responsibilities of each Federal agency for computer systems security and privacy.

See Vol. II, P.L. 100-690, §5301(a )(1)(C) and (d)(1)(B), with respect to benefits of drug traffickers and possessors.

See Vol. II, P.L. 101-239, §10405, with respect to Agent Orange settlement payments excluded from countable income and resources under Federal means-tested programs.

See Vol. II, P.L. 101-508, §5041(2)-(4), with respect to notification of certain individuals eligible to receive retroactive benefits.

See Vol. II, P.L. 103-296, §201(c) with respect to demonstration projects designed to explore innovative referral, monitoring, and treatment approaches in disability determinations in which alcoholism or drug addiction is a contributing factor; §202, with respect to the establishment of a Commission on the Evaluation of Disability in children; §207, with respect to disability review for recipients who are 18 years of age; and §208, with respect to continuing disability reviews.

See Vol. II, P.L. 106-169, §261, with respect to a study of denial of SSI benefits for family farmers.

² This table of contents does not appear in the law.

§1601. Purpose; Appropriations

§1602. Basic Eligibility for Benefits

Part A — Determination of Benefits

Part B — Procedural and General Provisions