Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 81.djvu/911

 81 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

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(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be effective with respect to written requests filed under section 205(q) of the Social Security Act after June 30, 1968. DEFINITION" OF B L IX D N E S S

SEC. 172. (a) The first sentence of section 216(i)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out " (B) " and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof " (B) blindness; and the term 'blindness' means central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens." (b) The second sentence of section 216(i)(1) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees shall be considered for purposes of this paragraph as having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less." (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective with respect to benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act for months after January 1968 based on applications filed after the date of enactment of this Act and with respect to disability determinations under section 216(i) of the Social Security Act based on applications fi^ed after the date of enactment of this Act.

^2 USC 4i6.

^2 USC 423.

ATTORNEYS FEES FOR C L A I M A N T S

SEC. 173. Section 206(a) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting, immediately before the last sentence thereof, the following new sentences: "Whenever the Secretary, in any claim before him for benefits under this title, makes a determination favorable to the claimant, he shall, if the claimant was represented by an attorney in connection with such claim, fix (in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to the preceding sentence) a reasonable fee to compensate such attorney for the services performed by him in connection with such claim. If as a result of such determination, such claimant is entitled to past-due benefits under this title, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 205(i), certify for payment (out of such pastdue benefits) to such attorney an amount equal to whichever of the following is the smaller: (A) 25 per centum of the total amount of such past-due benefits, (B) the amount of the attorney's fee so fixed, or (C) the amount agreed upon between the claimant and such attorney as the fee for such attorney'services."

^2 USC 406.

42 USC 405.

TITLE II—PUBLIC W E L F A R E AMENDMENTS PART 1—PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS PROGRAMS OF SERVICES FURNISHED TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN

SEC, 201. (a)(1) Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 202(a) of this Act) is amended by— (A) striking out "and" at the end of clause (13); (B) striking out clause (14), including the period at the end thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(14) provide for the development and application of a program for such family services, as defined in section 406(d), and child-welfare services, as defined in section 425, for each child and relative who receives aid to families with dependent children, and each appropriate individual (living in the same home as a relative and

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