P.L. 96–272, Approved June 17, 1980 (94 Stat. 500)

Sec. 103. 

(d) [42 U.S.C. 622 note]  Notwithstanding section 422(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) if on December 1, 1974, the agency of a State administering its plan for child welfare services under part B of title IV of that Act was not the agency designated pursuant to section 402(a)(3) of that Act, such section 422(b)(1) shall not apply with respect to such agency, but only so long as such agency is not the agency designated under section 2003(d)(1)(C) of that Act; and if on December 1, 1974, the local agency administering the plan of a State under part B of title IV of that Act in a subdivision of the State was not the local agency in such subdivision administering the plan of such State under part A of that title, such section 422(b)(1) shall not apply with respect to such local agency, but only so long as such local agency is not the local agency administering the program of the State for the provision of services under title XX of that Act.

Sec. 306. 

(b) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-2 note]  *  *  *

(2)  In the case of claims filed prior to the date of enactment of this Act on account of expenditures described in section 1132 of the Social Security Act made in calendar quarters commencing prior to October 1, 1979, there shall be no time limit for the payment of such claims.

(3)  In the case of such expenditures made in calendar quarters commencing prior to October 1, 1979, for which no claim has been filed on or before the date of enactment of this Act, payment shall not be made under this Act on account of any such expenditure unless claim therefor is filed (in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe) prior to January 1, 1981.

(4)  The provisions of this subsection shall not be applied so as to deny payment with respect to any expenditure involving adjustments to prior year costs or court-ordered retroactive payments or audit exceptions. The Secretary may waive the requirements of paragraph (3) in the same manner as under section 1132(b) of the Social Security Act.

(c) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-2 note]  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be no time limit for the filing or payment of such claims except as provided in this section, unless such other provision of law, in imposing such a time limitation, specifically exempts such filing or payment from the provisions of this section.

Sec. 310. 

(b)(1) [42 U.S.C. 1396a note] (A)  For purposes of section 1902(a)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act, any individual who, prior to the date of enactment of this Act and for the month of December 1978, was eligible for and received aid or assistance under a State plan approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, or part A of title IV of such Act, or was eligible for and received supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of such Act (or a supplementary payment described in section 13(c) of Public Law 93-233), and was also in receipt of (or was a dependent, for purposes of chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect on December 31, 1978, of an individual in receipt of) pension from the Veterans’ Administration for the month of December 1978 shall (subject to subparagraph (B)) be deemed to have been receiving such aid, assistance, supplemental security income, or supplementary payment, for each calendar month thereafter (prior to the month in which the provisions of this subparagraph cease to be effective with respect to him as determined under subparagraph (B)), if such individual would have been eligible therefor in December 1978 and in the month in which the provisions of this subparagraph cease to be effective with respect to him as determined under subparagraph (B) had the increase in income of such individual (or of the family of which such individual is a member), attributable to an election (made by such individual or another member of such individual’s family) under section 306 of the Veterans’ and Survivors’ Pension Improvement Act of 1978, not occurred.

(B)(i)  The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall take effect on January 1, 1979, and shall cease to be effective, in the case of any individual, for and after the first calendar month beginning more than 10 days after an “informed election” (as defined in subdivision (ii) of this subparagraph) has been made by such individual (or, if such individual is not eligible to make such an election, by a member of such individual’s family who is eligible to make such an election which affects such individual’s eligibility for aid, assistance, or benefits under a plan or program referred to in subparagraph (A)).

(ii)  The term “informed election” means an election made under section 306 of the Veterans’ and Survivors’ Pension Improvement Act of 1978 (or a reaffirmation of such an election which previously was made under such section 306) after the date of compliance by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Administrator”) with the provisions of paragraph (2)(A) with respect to the individual concerned. An individual who fails, within the time limits prescribed in paragraph (2)(B), to disaffirm an election previously made by such individual under such section 306 shall be deemed, for purposes of this section and such section 306, to have reaffirmed such election.