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 91 STAT. 1564

42 USC 607. Termination.

PUBLIC LAW 95-216—DEC. 20, 1977

"(4) Any amount payable to a State under section 403(a) on behalf of an individual participating in a project under this section shall not be increased by reason of the participation of such individual in any demonstration project conducted under this subsection over the amount which would be payable if such individual were receiving aid to families with dependent children and not participating in such project. "(5) Participation in a project established under this section shall not be considered to constitute employment for purposes of any finding with respect to 'imemployment' as that term is used in section 407. "(6) Any demonstration project established and conducted pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be conducted for not longer than two years. All demonstration projects established and conducted pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be terminated not later than September 30, 1980.". REIMBURSEMENT FOR ERRONEOUS STATE SUPPLEMENTARY

42 USC 1383 note.

87 Stat. 155. 42 USC 1382e.

Appropriation authorization.

PAYMENT

SEC. 405. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized and directed to pay to each State an amount equal to the amount expended by such State for erroneous supplementary payments to aged, blmd, or disabled individuals whenever, and to the extent to which, the Secretary through an audit by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which has been reviewed and concurred in by the Inspector General of such department determines that— (1) such amount was paid by such State as a supplementary payment during the calendar year 1974 pursuant to an agreement between the State and the Secretary required by section 212 of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the Kenegotiation Act of 1951 for one year, and for other purposes", approved July 9, 1973, or such amount was paid by such State as an optional State supplementation, as defined in section 1616 of the Social Security Act, during the calendar year 1974, (2) the erroneous payments were the result of good faith reliance by such State upon erroneous or incomplete information supplied by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, through the State data exchange, or good faith reliance upon incorrect supplemental security income benefit payments made by such department, and (3) recovery of the erroneous payments by such State would be impossible or unreasonable. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS COVERAGE U N D E R M E D I C A R E OF CERTAIN P O W E R - O P E R A T E D W H E E L C H A I R S

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SEC. 501. (a) Section 1861(s)(6) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after "wheelchairs" the following: "(which may include a power-operated vehicle that may be appropriately used as a wheelchair, but only where the use of such a vehicle is determined to be necessary on the basis of the individual's medical and physical condition and the vehicle meets such safety requirements as the Secretary may prescribe)".

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