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PUBLIC LAW 93-647-JAN. 4, 1975

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Amendments to Part A of Title IV (c)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 402(a) of the ^^'J^ use 602 Social Security Act, in addition to the amounts required to be disregarded under clause (8)(A) of such section, there is imposed the requirement (and the State plan shall be deemed to include the requirement) that for the 15 months beginning July 1, 1975, in making the determination under clause (7), the State agency shall with respect to any month in such year and in addition to the amounts required to be disregarded under clause (8)(A), disregard amounts payable under section 457(a)(1). ^"'«' p- 23S6. (2) Section 402(a)(9) is amended to read as follows: 42 USC 602. "(9) provide safeguards which permit the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants or recipients only to (A) public officials who require such information in connection with their official duties, or (B) other persons for purposes directly connected with the administration of aid to families with dependent children;". (3) Section 402(a) (10) is amended by inserting immediately before "be furnished" the following: ", subject to paragraphs (25) and (26),". (4) Section 402(a) (11) is amended to read as follows: "(11) provide for prompt notice (including the transmittal of all relevant information) to the State child support collection agency (established pursuant to part D of this title) of the furnishing of aid to families with dependent children with respect to a child who has been deserted or abandoned by a parent (including a child born out of wedlock without regard to whether the paternity of such child has been established);". (5) Section 402(a) is further amended— (A) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (23); (B) by inserting immediately before the first word in paragraph (24) the following: "provide that"; and (C) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (24) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: "(25) provide (A) that, as a condition of eligibility under the plan, each applicant for or recipient of aid shall furnish to the State agency his social security account number (or numbers, if he has more than one such number), and (B) that such State agency shall utilize such account numbers, in addition to any other means of identification it may determine to employ in the administration of such plan; "(26) provide that, as a condition of eligibility for aid, each applicant or recipient will be required— " (A) to assign the State any rights to support from any other person such applicant may have (i) in his own behalf or in behalf of any other family member for whom the applicant is applying for or receiving aid, and (ii) which have accrued at the time such assignment is executed, " (B) to cooperate with the State (i) in establishing the paternity of a child born out of wedlock with respect to whom aid is claimed, and (ii) in obtaining support payments for such applicant and for a child with respect to whom such aid is claimed, or in obtaining any other payments or property due such applicant or such child and that, if the relative with whom a child is living is found to be ineligible because of failure to comply with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, any aid for which such child

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