Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 1.djvu/1190

 98 STAT. 1142

42 USC 602.

PUBLIC LAW 98-369—JULY 18, 1984

"except that no recovery need be attempted or carried out under subparagraph (B) in any case, other than a case involving fraud on the part of the recipient, where (as determined by the State agency in accordance with criteria for determining costeffectiveness, and with dollar limitations, which shall be prescribed by the Secretary in regulations) the cost of recovery would equal or exceed the amount of the overpayment involved;". (b) Section 402(a)(22)(A) of such Act is amended by inserting after "current recipient of such aid" the following: "(including a current recipient whose overpayment occurred during a prior period of eligibility)". EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE PAYMENTS

SEC. 2634. (a) Section 402(a)(19)(F)(i) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "will be made" and inserting in lieu thereof "will be made unless the State agency, after making reasonable efforts, is unable to locate an appropriate individual to whom such payments can be made". (b) Section 402(a)(26)(B) of such Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: "unless the State agency, after making reasonable efforts, is unable to locate an appropriate individual to whom such payments can be made". ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALIENS

42 USC 615.

SEC. 2635. Section 415(c)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "Any individual" and all that follows down through "be required to provide" where it first appears and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Any individual who is an alien and whose sponsor was a public or private agency shall be ineligible for aid under a State plan approved under this part during the period of three years after his or her entry into the United States, unless the State agency administering such plan determines that such sponsor either no longer exists or has become unable to meet such individual's needs; and such determination shall be made by the State agency based upon such criteria as it may specify in the State plan, and upon such documentary evidence as it may therein require. Any such individual, and any other individual who is an alien (as a condition of his or her eligibility for aid under a State plan approved under this part during the period of three years after his or her entry into the United States), shall be required to provide". PROVISION BY STATE AGENCIES OF INFORMATION REGARDING FUGITIVE FELONS

42 USC 602.

SEC. 2636. Section 402(a)(9) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: "; but such safeguards shall not prevent the State agency or the local agency responsible for the administration of the State plan in the locality (whether or not the State has enacted legislation allowing public access to Federal welfare records) from furnishing a State or local law enforcement officer, upon his request, with the current address of any recipient if the officer furnishes the agency with such recipient's name and social security account number and satisfactorily demonstrates that such recipient is a fugitive felon, that the

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