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 89 STAT. 436

PUBLIC LAW 94-88—AUG. 9, 1975 ^AEEGUARDINQ OF INrORMATlON

42 USC 602.

42 USC 620, 630, 651. 42 USC 301, 1201, 1351, 1381, 1396, 1397.

SEC. 207. Section 402(a)(9) of the Social Security Act (as amended by the Social Services Amendments of 1974) is amended to read as follows: "(9) provide safeguards which restrict the use of disclosure &i information concerning applicants or recipients to purposes directly connected with (A) the administration of the plan of the State approved under this part, the plan or program of the State under part B, C, or D of this title or under title I, X, XIV, XVI, X IX, or X X, or the supplemental security income program established by title XVI, (B) any investigation, prosecution, or criminal or civil proceeding, conducted in connection with the administration of any such plan or program, and (C) the administration of any other Federal or federally assisted program which provides assistance, in cash or in kind, or services, directly to individuals on the basis of;need; and the safeguards so provided shall prohibit disclosure, to any committee or a legislative body, of any information which identifies by name or address any such applicant or recipient;". PROTECTION OF CHILD'S BEST INTEREST

42 USC 602.

42 USC 654. 42 USC 601.

Proposed standards, submittal to Congress. 42 USC 602 note. Effective date.

'Resolution.

SEC. 208. (a) Section 402(a) (26)(B) of the Social Security Act (as added by the Social Services Amendments of 1974) is amended by inserting immediately after "such applicant or such child" the following: ", unless (in either case) such applicant or recipient is found to have good cause for refusing to cooperate as determined by the State agency in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary, which standards shall take into consideration the best interests of the child on whose behalf aid is claimed;". (b) Section 454(4)(A) of such Act (as so added) is amended by inserting after "such child," the following: "unless the?igency administering the plan of the State under part A of this title determines in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 402(a) (26)(B) that it is against the best interests of the child to do so,". (c) Section 454(4)(3) of such Act (as so added) is amended by inserting immediately after "other States" the following: "(unless the agency administering the plan of the State under part A of this title determines in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 402(a) (26)(B) that it is against the best interests of the child to do so)". (d)(1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit to the Congress any proposed standards authorized to be prescribed by him under section 402(a) (26)(B) of the Social Security Act (as added by the Social Services Amendments of 1974 and as amended by subsection (a) of this section). Such standards shall take effect at the end of the period which ends 60 days after such proposed standards are so submitted to such committees unless, within such period, either House of the Congress, adopts a resolution of disapproval. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term^'^resolution" means only— (A) a concurrent resoli^tionof "the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: "That the Congress does not approve the standards (as authorized under

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