1995 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 33 - EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
SUBCHAPTER VIII - INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES
Sec. 1481 - Payor of last resort

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 20 - EDUCATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 33 - EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
SUBCHAPTER VIII - INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES
Sec. 1481 - Payor of last resort
Containssection 1481
Date1995
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 1996
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 91-230, title VI, §681, as added Pub. L. 99-457, title I, §101(a), Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1152; amended Pub. L. 100-630, title I, §108(j), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3302; Pub. L. 101-476, title IX, §901(b)(181), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1150; Pub. L. 102-119, §25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607.
Statutes at Large References49 Stat. 620
100 Stat. 1152
102 Stat. 3302
104 Stat. 1150
105 Stat. 607
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 91-230, Public Law 99-457, Public Law 100-630, Public Law 101-476, Public Law 102-119


§1481. Payor of last resort (a) Nonsubstitution

Funds provided under section 1473 of this title may not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services which would have been paid for from another public or private source but for the enactment of this subchapter, except that whenever considered necessary to prevent a delay in the receipt of appropriate early intervention services by the infant or toddler or family in a timely fashion, funds provided under section 1473 of this title may be used to pay the provider of services pending reimbursement from the agency which has ultimate responsibility for the payment.

(b) Reduction of other benefits

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to permit the State to reduce medical or other assistance available or to alter eligibility under title V of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] (relating to maternal and child health) or title XIX of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.] (relating to medicaid for infants or toddlers with disabilities) within the State.

(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, §681, as added Pub. L. 99–457, title I, §101(a), Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1152; amended Pub. L. 100–630, title I, §108(j), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3302; Pub. L. 101–476, title IX, §901(b)(181), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1150; Pub. L. 102–119, §25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607.)

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Titles V and XIX of the Social Security Act are classified generally to subchapters V (§701 et seq.) and XIX (§1396 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–119 amended directory language of Pub. L. 101–476. See 1990 Amendment note below.

1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–476, as amended by Pub. L. 102–119, substituted “infants or toddlers with disabilities” for “handicapped infants and toddlers”.

1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–630 substituted “a delay” for “the delay”.

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–476 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 101–476, set out as a note under section 1087ee of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 1476, 1478 of this title.

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