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 PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1330-309

(1) by striking "$300 per year" in clauses (i) and (iiXI) and inserting "$360 per year"; and (2) by striking "$600 per year" in clause (iii) and inserting "$720 per year". (b) MANDATORY PASS-THROUGH OF INCREASED PERSONAL NEEDS

ALLOWANCE.—Section 1618 of such Act is amended by adding at the 42 USC I382g. end the following new subsection: "(g) In order for any State which makes supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) (including payments pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 212(a) of Public Law 93-66) to recipients of benefits determined under section 1611(e)(1)(B), on or after October 1, 1987, to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX with respect to any calendar quarter which begins— "(1) after October 1, 1987, or, if later "(2) after the calendar quarter in which it first makes such supplementary payments to recipients of benefits so determined, such State must have in effect an agreement with the Secretary whereby the State will— "(3) continue to make such supplementary payments to recipients of benefits so determined, and "(4) maintain such supplementary payments to recipients of benefits so determined at levels which assure (with respect to any particular month beginning with the month in which this subsection is first effective) that— "(A) the combined level of such supplementary payments and the amounts payable to or on behalf of such recipients under section 1611(e)(1)(B) for that particular month, is not less than— "(B) the combined level of such supplementary payments and the amounts payable to or on behalf of such recipients under section 1611(e)(1)(B) for October 1987 (or, if no such supplementary payments were made for that month, the combined level for the first subsequent month for which .:^^ such payments were made), increased— "(i) in a case to which clause (i) of such section 1611(e)(l)(B) applies or (with respect to the individual or spouse who is in the hospital, home, or facility involved) to which clause (ii) of such section applies, by
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$5, and

"(ii) in a case to which clause (iii) of such section 1611(e)(l)(B) applies, by $10.". (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections (a) 42 USC 1382 and (b) shall become effective July 1, 1988. note. SEC. 9120. EXCLUSION OF DEATH BENEFITS TO THE EXTENT SPENT ON LAST ILLNESS AND BURIAL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraphs (D) and (E) of section 1612(a)(2) of the Social Security Act are amended to read as follows: 42 USC 1382a. "(D) payments to the individual occasioned by the death of another person, to the extent that the total of such payments exceeds the amount expended by such individual for purposes of the decesised person's last illness and burial; "(E) support and alimony payments, and (subject to the provisions of subparagraph (D) excluding certain amounts

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