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1956 Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 1, 1956, added clause (12). 1950 Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 28, 1950, § 321 (a), (b), substituted in cl. (4) "provide for granting ⚫ with reasonableness" for "provide for granting to any individual, whose claim with respect to aid to a dependent child is denied," struck out "and" preceding cl. (8) and a semicolon after it, and added cls. (9)—(11).

Subsec. (b)(2). Act Aug. 28, 1950, § 321(c), prevented denial of aid in cases where the child of parents normally resident in the State happens to be born across the State line.

1939 Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1939, amended cl. (5) generally, and added cls. (7) and (8).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT

Section 201 (g) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: "(1) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of this section [to subsecs. (a) (13) — (18), (c) of this section and sections 603(a)(3), (c), 606 (d) and 608(d) of this title] shall be effective July 1, 1968 (or earlier if the State plan so provides); except that (A) if on the date of enactment of this Act (Jan. 2, 1968] the agency of a State referred to in section 402(a) (3) of the Social Security Act [subsec. (a) (3) of this section] is different from the agency of such State responsible for administering the plan for child-welfare services developed pursuant to part B of title IV of the Social Security Act [part B of this subchapter] the provisions of section 402(a) (15) (F) of such Act [subsec. (a)(15)(F) of this section] added thereto by subsection (a) of this section) shall not apply with respect to such agencies but only so long as such agencies of the State are different, and (B) if on such date the local agency administering the plan of a State under part A of title IV of such Act [part A of this subchapter] in a political subdivision is different from the local agency in such subdivision administering the State's plan for child-welfare services developed pursuant to part B of title IV of such Act [part B of this subchapter] the provisions of such section 402 (a) (15) (F) [subsec. (a) (15) (F) of this section] shall not apply with respect to such agencies but only so long as such local agencies are different.

"(2) The amendment made by subsection (c) [to section 603 (a) (3) (A) of this title], shall apply with respect to services furnished after June 30, 1968, or furnished after such earlier date as the State plan may provide with respect to the amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection."

Section 202(b) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that amendment of subsec. (a) (7) and enactment of subsec. (a) (8) of this section by such section 202(b) shall be effective July 1, 1969.

Section 204 (c)(1) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (b) [enacting subsec. (a) (19) of this section] shall in the case of any State be effective on July 1, 1968, or if a statue of such State prevents it from complying with the requirements of such amendment on such date, such amendment shall with respect to such State be effective on July 1, 1969; except such amendment shall be effective earlier (in the case of any State), but not before April 1, 1968, if a modification of the State plan to comply with such amendment is approved on an earlier date."

Amendment of subsec. (a) (5) by section 210(a) (2) of Pub. L. 90-248 effective July 1, 1969, or, if earlier (with respect to a State's plan approved under part A of this subchapter) on the date as of which the modification of the State plan to comply with such amendment is approved, see section 210(b) of Pub. L. 90-248, set out as a note under section 302 of this title.

Section 211(a) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided in part that enactment of subsec. (a) (21) and (22) shall be effective Jan. 1, 1969.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENT

Section 403(b) of Pub. L. 89-97 provided that the amendment of subsec. (a) (7) of this section by said section was effective October 1, 1965.

Section 410 of Pub. L. 89-97 provided that the amendment of subsec. (a) (7) of this section by said section was effective July 1, 1965.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT Enactment of subsec. (a)(13) and amendment of subsec. (a) (7) of this section by sections 103, 106 of Pub. L. 87-543 effective July 1, 1963, see section 202(a) of Pub. L. 87-543, set out as a note under section 302 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT

Amendment of this section by act Aug. 1, 1956, effective July 1, 1957, see section 314 [315] of act Aug. 1, 1956, set out as a note under section 302 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1950 AMENDMENT

Subsecs. (a) and (c) of section 321 of act Aug. 28, 1950, provided in part that amendments of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall become effective as of July 1, 1951.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1939 AMENDMENT Amendment by act Aug. 10, 1939, adding clauses (7) and (8) to subsec. (a) was made effective July 1, 1941, by section 401 (b) of act Aug. 10, 1939. Clause (5) of such subsec. was amended by act Aug. 10, 1939 without specific provision as to effective date.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under subsec. (a) (5) (A) of this section transferred to United States Civil Service Commission, see section 4728 (a) (3) (D) of this title.

All functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

"Administrator" was substituted for "Board", and "he", "him", or "his" for "it" or "its" wherever appearing by act Aug. 28, 1950, § 361 (c), (d).

Identical changes were effected by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2. See note under section 902 of this title.

STATE PLANS COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSEC. (a)(7) REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD AFTER DEC. 31, 1967, AND PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1969

Section 202(c) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: "A State whose plan under section 402 of the Social Security Act [this section] has been approved by the Secretary shall not be deemed to have failed to comply substantially with the requirements of section 402(a) (7) of such Act [subsec. (a) (7) of this section] (as in effect prior to July 1, 1969) for any period beginning after December 31, 1967, and ending prior to July 1, 1969, if for such period the State agency disregards earned income of the individuals involved in accordance with the requirements specified in section 402 (a) (7) and (8) of such Act [subsecs. (a) (7), (8) of this section] as amended by this Act." STATE PLANS TO DISREGARD EARNED INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS IN DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR AID; EFFECTIVE Date Section 202(d) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: “Effective with respect to quarters beginning after June 30, 1968, in determining the need of individuals claiming aid under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act [part A of this subchapter], the State shall apply the provisions of such part notwithstanding any provisions of law (other than such Act [this chapter]) requiring the State to disregard earned income of such individuals in determining need under such State plan."

DISREGARDING INCOME IN DETERMINATION

OF NEED IN

PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM Section 248 (c) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: “Effective July 1, 1969, neither the provisions of clauses (A) through (C) of section 402(a) (7) of such Act [subsec. (a) (7) of this section] as in effect before the enactment of this Act (Jan. 2, 1968] nor the provisions of section 402 (a) (8) of such Act as amended by section 202(b) of this Act [subsec. (a) (8) shall apply in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam. Effective no later than July 1, 1972, the State plans of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam approved under section 402 of such Act [this

section] shall provide for the disregarding of income in making the determination under section 402(a)(7) of such Act [subsec. (a)(7) of this section] in amounts (agreed to between the Secretary and to State agencies involved) sufficiently lower than the amounts specified in section 402(a)(8) of such Act [subsec. (a) (8) of this section] to reflect appropriately the applicable differences in income levels."

PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATE DISBURSEMENT RECORDS Public access to State records of disbursements of funds and payments under this subchapter, see note under section 302 of this title.

STATE PLANS IN EFFECT JULY 25, 1962; AUTOMATIC
CONFORMITY TO AMENDMENTS

State plans in effect July 25, 1962 deemed to have been conformed to amendment of opening provisions and clauses (4), (7)—(10) of subsec. (a) of this section by section 104(a) of Pub. L. 87-543, see section 104(b) of Pub. L. 87-543, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 603, 604, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 622, 633, 636, 643, 644, 1202, 1308, 1315, 1352 of this title; title 25 sections 683, 686, 689. § 603. Payment to States; computation of amounts.

(a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid and services to needy families with children, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1958

(1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, an amount equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to families with dependent children under the State plan (including expenditures for premiums under part B of subchapter XVIII of this chapter for individuals who are recipients of money payments under such plan and other insurance premiums for medical or any other type of remedial care or the cost thereof)—

(A) five-sixths of such expenditures not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $18 multiplied by the total number of recipients of aid to families with dependent children for such month (which total number, for purposes of this subsection means (i) the number of individuals with respect to whom such aid in the form of money payments is paid for such month, plus (ii) the number of other individuals with respect to whom expenditures were made in such month as aid to families with dependent children in the form of medical or any other type of remedial care, plus (iii) the number of individuals, not counted under clause (i) or (ii), with respect to whom payments described in section 606(b) (2) of this title are made in such month and included as expenditures for purposes of this paragraph or paragraph (2)); plus

(B) the Federal percentage of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A), not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds (i) the product of $32 multiplied by the total number of recipients of aid to families with dependent children

(other than such aid in the form of foster care) for such month, plus (ii) the product of $100 multiplied by the total number of recipients of aid to families with dependent children in the form of foster care for such month; and

(2) in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to families with dependent children under the State plan (including expenditures for premiums under part B of subchapter XVIII of this chapter for individuals who are recipients of money payments under such plan and other insurance premiums for medical or any other type of remedial care or the cost thereof), not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds $18 multiplied by the total number of recipients of such aid for such month; and

(3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan

(A) 75 per centum of so much of such expenditures as are for

(i) any of the services described in clauses (14) and (15) of section 602(a) of this title which are provided to any child or relative who is receiving aid under the plan, or to any other individual (living in the same home as such relative and child) whose needs are taken into account in making the determination under clause (7) of such section,

(ii) any of the services described in clauses (14) and (15) of section 602(a) of this title which are provided to any child or relative who is applying for aid to families with dependent children or who, within such period or periods as the Secretary may prescribe, has been or is likely to become an applicant for or recipient of such aid, or

(iii) the training of personnel employed or preparing for employment by the State agency or by the local agency administering the plan in the political subdivision; plus

(B) one-half of the remainder of such expenditures.

The services referred to in subparagraph (A) shall include only

(C) services provided by the staff of the State agency, or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision: Provided, That no funds authorized under this part shall be available for services defined as vocational rehabilitation services under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (i) which are available to individuals in need of them under programs for their rehabilitation carried on under a State plan approved under such Act, or (ii) which the State agency or agencies administering or supervising the administration of the State plan approved under such Act are able and willing to provide if reimbursed for the cost thereof pursuant to agreement under subparagraph (D), if provided by such staff, and

(D) subject to limitations prescribed by the Secretary, services which in the judgment of the State agency cannot be as economically or as effectively provided by the staff of such State or local agency and are not otherwise reasonably available to individuals in need of them, and which are provided, pursuant to agreement with the State agency, by the State health authority or the State agency or agencies administering or supervising the administration of the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act or by any other State agency which the Secretary may determine to be appropriate (whether provided by its staff or by contract with public (local) or nonprofit private agencies); except that services described in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) hereof may be provided only pursuant to agreement with such State agency or agencies administering or supervising the administration of the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services so approved; and except that, to the extent specified by the Secretary, child-welfare services, family planning services, and family services may be provided from sources other than those referred to in subparagraphs (C) and (D). The portion of the amount expended for administration of the State plan to which subparagraph (A) applies and the portion thereof to which subparagraph (B) applies shall be determined in accordance with such methods and procedures as may be permitted by the Secretary.

(4) Repealed. Pub. L. 90-248, title II, § 201(e) (3), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 880.

(5) in the case of any State, an amount equal to the sum of—

(A) 50 per centum of the total amount expended under the State plan during such quarter as emergency assistance to needy families with children in the form of payments or care specified in paragraph (1) of section 606(e) of this title, and

(B) 75 per centum of the total amount expended under the State plan during such quarter as emergency assistance to needy families with children in the form of services specified in paragraph (1) of section 606(e) of this title.

The number of individuals with respect to whom payments described in section 606 (b) (2) of this title are made for any month, who may be included as recipients of aid to families with dependent children for purposes of paragraph (1) or (2), may not exceed 10 per centum of the number of other recipients of aid to families with dependent children for such month. In computing such 10 percent, there shall not be taken into account individuals with respect to whom such payments are made for any month in accordance with section 602 (a) (19) (F) of this title. (b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows:

(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each quarter, estimate the amount to be paid to the State for such quarter under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, such estimate to be based on (A) a report filed by the State containing

its estimate of the total sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such subsection and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in such quarter, and if such amount is less than the State's proportionate share of the total sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which the difference is expected to be derived, (B) records showing the number of dependent children in the State, and (C) such other investigation as the Secretary may find necessary.

(2) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, (A) reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which he finds that his estimate for any prior quarter was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such quarter, and (B) reduced by a sum equivalent to the pro rata share to which the United States is equitably entitled, as determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, of the net amount recovered during any prior quarter by the State or any political subdivision thereof with respect to aid to families with dependent children furnished under the State plan; except that such increases or reductions shall not be made to the extent that such sums have been applied to make the amount certified for any prior quarter greater or less than the amount estimated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for such prior quarter.

(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, through the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the amount so certified.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 403, 49 Stat. 628; Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 666, title IV, § 402, 53 Stat. 1380; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1(a), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 4, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095; Aug. 10, 1946, ch. 951, title V, §§ 502, 504, 60 Stat. 992, 993; Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 510, § 3, 61 Stat. 794; June 14, 1948, ch. 468, § 3(b), 62 Stat. 439; Aug. 28, 1950, ch. 809, title III, pt. 2, § 322(a), pt. 6, § 361 (c, d), 64 Stat. 550, 558; July 18, 1952, ch. 945, § 8(b), 66 Stat. 778; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1206, title III, § 303 (a), 68 Stat. 1097; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 836, title III, §§ 302, 312(c), 342, 351(a), 70 Stat. 847, 849, 852, 854; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85-840, title V, § 502, 72 Stat. 1048; July 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87-543, title I, §§ 101 (a) (2), (b) (2) (A)—(C), 104 (a) (3) (C), 108 (b), (c), 76 Stat. 174, 180, 185, 190; July 30, 1965, Pub. L. 89-97, title I, § 122, title IV, § 401 (c), 79 Stat. 353, 415; Jan. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-248, title II, §§ 201 (c)-(e), 205(b), 206(a), 207(b), 208, 241(b) (2), (3), 81 Stat. 879, 880, 892-894, 916; June 28, 1968, Pub. L. 90-364, title III, § 301, 82 Stat. 273; July 9, 1969, Pub. L. 91-41, § 3, 83 Stat. 45.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, referred to in subsec. (a) (3) (C), (D), is classified to sections 31-42 of Title 29, Labor.

Such Act, referred to in subsec. (a) (3) (C) refers to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act.

AMENDMENTS

1969 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-41, § 3(b), struck out from the introductory text "(subject to subsection (d))" following "Secretary of the Treasury shall".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91-41, § 3(a), repealed subsec. (d) which imposed, for any quarter after June 1969, certain limitations on the number of dependent children under eighteen who, because of a parent's absence, may receive ald to families with dependent chlidren with Federal financial participation.

1968 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-248, §§ 207(b), 208 (a) increased the percentage limitation from 5 to 10 and provided for the computation of such 10 per centum without taking into account individuals with respect to whom payments are made for any month in accordance with section 602 (a) (19) (F) of this title, and substituted "shall (subject to subsection (d) of this section) pay" for “shall pay" in the text preceding par. (1).

Subsec. (a) (1) (B). Pub. L. 90-248, § 205 (b), designated existing provisions as cl. (1), inserted therein "(other than such aid in the form of foster care)" and added cl. (ii). Subsec. (a) (3). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201(d)(4), (e)(2), struck out in the last sentence reference to subpar. (C) and from the introduction "whose State plan approved under section 602 of this title meets the requirements of subsection (c)(1) of this section" after "in the case of any State plan", respectively.

Subsec. (a) (3) (A). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201 (c), substituted provisions of cls. (1) and (ii) for Federal payments for services described in section 602(a)(14) and (15) of this title to any child or relative who is receiving aid under the State plan, or to any other individual (living in the same home as such relative and child) or for such services to any child or relative who is applying for aid to families with dependent children or who has been or is likely to become an applicant for or recipient of such aid for former cls. (1)-(3) respecting such Federal payments for subsec. (c) (1) services to any relative with whom any dependent child (applying for or receiving aid) is living to help the relative attain or retain capability for self-support or self-care, or services to maintain and strengthen family life for such child; other services to prevent or reduce dependency; and such cl. (11) and subsec. (c) (1) services as are appropriate for any relative with whom any child (who has been or is likely to become an applicant for or recipient of ald) is living, or as appropriate for such a child, if such services are requested by such relative, and redesignated former cl. (iv) as (3).

Subsec. (a) (3) (B). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201(c), (d) (1) (A), struck out former subpar. (B) provisions for Federal payments of one-half of expenditures (not included under subpar. (A)) for services provided any relative, with whom any child (who has been or is likely to become an applicant for or recipient of aid) is living, or to such child, if such services are requested by such relative or for services provided to any child who is an applicant for or recipient of such aid, or to any relative with whom such a child is living, and redesignated former subpar. (C) as (B), respectively.

Subsec. (a) (3) (C). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201(d) (1) (A), (B), (2), redesignated former subpar. (D) as (C), substituted therein reference to subpar. “(D)" for "(E)", and struck out in the introductory text to subpar. (C) reference to subpar. “(B)", respectively. Former subpar. (C) redesignated (B).

Subsec. (a) (3) (D). Pub. L. 90-248, §§ 201(d) (1) (A), (C), (3), 241(b)(2), redesignated former subpar. (E) as (D), substituted in the exception provision following subpar. (D) reference to subpar. "(C)" for "(D)", and added following subpar. (D) "; and except that, to the extent specified by the Secretary, child-welfare services, family planning services, and family services may be provided from sources other than those referred to in subparagraphs (C) and (D)", respectively. Former subpar. (D) redesignated (C), and substituted in proviso "part" for "subchapter".

Subsec. (a) (3) (E). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201(d) (1) (A), redesignated former subpar. (E) as (D).

Subsec. (a) (4). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201(e) (3), 81 Stat. 880, repealed par. (4) provisions respecting payments when approved State plan did not meet subsec. (c) (1) requirements in an amount equal to one-half of the total of sums expended during the quarter as found necessary by the Secretary for proper and efficient administration of the State plan.

Subsec. (a) (5). Pub. L. 90–248, § 206(a), added par. (5) Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-248, § 201(e) (1), repealed subsec. (c) which set forth provisions respecting State qualification for subsec. (a) (3) payments when State plan required State agencies to provide services to maintain and strengthen family life for children and to help relatives with whom children (who are applicants for or recipients of aid) are living to attain capability for self-support or self-care and for stopping such subsec. (a) (3) payments after notice and hearing for noncompliance with such requirements in the administration and supervision of the State plan but providing subsec. (a) (4) payments instead.

Subsec. (c) (2). Pub. L. 90–248, § 241(b) (3), substituted in last sentence "part" for "subchapter".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-364 denominated existing provisions as par. (1) and in par. (1) as so denominated inserted "(except the succeeding paragraphs of this subsection)" immediately after "chapter" and substituted "June 30, 1969" for "June 30, 1968", and added pars. (2) and (3).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-248, § 208 (b), added subsec. (d). 1965 Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 89-97, §§ 122, 401 (c), inserted "premiums under part B of subchapter XVIII of this chapter for individuals who are recipients of money payments under such plan and other" after "expenditures for" in parenthetical phrase appearing in so much of par. (1) as precedes clause (A); and changed the formula by which the federal share of aid to families with dependent children is determined by increasing the share of the average monthly assistance payment from 14/17ths of the first $17 to 5/6ths of the first $18 of such payment and raised the ceiling for federal participation from $30 to $32 a month per recipient, respectively.

Subsec. (a) (2). Pub. L. 89-97, § 122, inserted "premiums under part B of subchapter XVIII of this chapter for individuals who are recipients of money payments under such plan and other" after "expenditures for" in parenthetical phrase.

1962 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-543, § 101 (a) (2), substituted "aid and services to needy families with children" for "aid to dependent children", in opening provision.

Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 87-543, §§ 101 (a) (2), 108 (c). substituted "aid to families with dependent children", in four instances, and "such aid" in subpar. (A) (1) for "aid to dependent children", and added subpar. (A) (iii). Subsec. (a) (2). Pub. L. 87-543, § 101(a)(2), substituted "aid to families with dependent children" and "such aid" for "aid to dependent children."

Subsec. (a) (3). Pub. L. 87-543, § 101 (a)(2), (b) (2) (A), inserted in the opening provisions "whose State plan approved under section 602 of this title meets the requirements of subsection (c) (1) of this section" following "any State", and substituted provisions which increased the Federal share of expenses of administration of State public assistance plans by providing quarterly payments of the sum of 75 per centum of the quarterly expenses for certain prescribed services to help relatives attain and retain capability for self-support or self-care and to maintain and strengthen family life for dependent children, services likely to prevent or reduce dependency, and services appropriate for relatives and dependent children where such relatives request such services, and training of State or local public assistance personnel administering such plans and one-half of other administrative expenses for other services, permitted State health or vocational rehabilitation or other appropriate State agencies to furnish such services, except vocational rehabilitation services, and required the determination of the portion of expenses covered by the 75 and 50 per centum provisions in accordance with methods and procedures permitted by the Secretary for former provisions requiring quarterly payments of onehalf of the quarterly expenses of administration of State

plans, including staff services of State or local public assistance agencies to help relatives attain self-support or self-care and to maintain and strengthen family life for dependent children.

Subsec. (a) (4). Pub. L. 87-543, § 101(b) (2) (B), added subsec. (a) (4).

Subsec. (a), closing provisions. Pub. L. 87-543, § 108 (b), limited to the number of individuals with respect to whom protective payments are made in any month who may be included as recipients of aid to families with dependent children to 5 per centum of the number of other recipients of such aid during the month. Subsec. (b) (2) (B). Pub. L. 87-543, § 104(a) (3) (C), substituted "aid to families with dependent children" for "aid to dependent children."

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-543, § 101(b)(2)(C), added subsec. (c).

or

1958 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-840 substituted provisions authorizing the counting of the first $30 of expenditures multiplied by the total number of recipients for provisions which authorized the counting of the first $32 with respect to the first dependent child and the adult relative with whom the child is living and $23 with respect to each of the other dependent children in the home, inserted provisions permitting sums spent for insurance premiums for medical any other type of remedial care or the cost thereof to be included within the expenditures, excluded Guam from the provisions which allow an average monthly payment of $30 and included Guam within the provisions which authorize an average monthly payment of $18, and permitted the counting of individuals with respect to whom expenditures were made as old-age assistance in the form of medical or any type of remedial care in determining the total number of recipients.

1956-Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 1, 1956, § 302, substituted "during such quarter as aid to dependent children in the form of money payments under the State plan" for "during such quarter as aid to dependent children under the State plan" in cls. (1) and (2). "with respect to whom aid to dependent children in the form of money payments is paid for such month" for "with respect to whom aid to dependent children is paid for such month" in par. (a) of cl. (1), and inserted cl. (4).

Act Aug. 1, 1956, § 312(c), eliminated ", which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children," following "the Virgin Islands, an amount" in cls. (1) and (2), and substituted "including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision), to relatives with whom such children (applying for or receiving such aid) are living, in order to help such relatives attain self-support or self-care, or which are provided to maintain and strengthen family life for such children" for "which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to dependent children, or both, and for no other purpose" in cl. (3).

Act Aug. 1, 1956, § 342, substituted "October 1, 1956" for "October 1, 1952", eliminated ", which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children," following "the Virgin Islands, an amount" in cls. (1) and (2), substituted "$32" for "$30" in three instances, "$23" for "$21", "$17" for "$15", and "fourteen-seventeenths" for "four-fifths", inserted "and not counting so much of such expenditure for any month with respect to a relative with whom any dependent child is living as exceeds $18" in cl. (2), and substituted "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" for "Secretary", and "including services which are provided by the staff of the State plan, including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to relatives with whom such children (applying for or receiving such aid) are living, in order the help such relatives attain self-support or self-care, or which are provided to maintain and strengthen family life for such children" for "which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to dependent children, or both, and for no other purpose" in cl. (3).

Act Aug. 1, 1956, § 351 (a), inserted ", and not counting so much of such expenditure for any month with respect

to a relative with whom any dependent child is living as exceeds $18" in cl. (2).

1954 Subsec. (b)(1). Act Sept. 1, 1954, § 303 (a), substituted the words "the State's proportionate share" for "one-half."

1952-Subsec. (a). Act July 18, 1952, increased the Federal share of the State's average monthly payment to four-fifths of the first $25 plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $55, and to change formulas for computing the Federal share of public assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

1950 Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 28, 1950, § 322(a), changed the basis of computation of the Federal portion of aid to dependent children.

1948 Subsec. (a). Act June 14, 1948, inserted $27 for $24 wherever appearing, $18 for $15, and $12 for $9. 1946 Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1946, § 502(a), increased the maximum monthly State expenditure to which the Federal Government will contribute from $18 for one and dependent child $12 each for other dependent children in the same family to $24 and $15, respectively, and increased the Federal contribution from one-half the State's expenditure for carrying out the State plan to a contribution to be used exclusively as aid to dependent children of two-thirds the State's expenditure up to $9 monthly per child plus one-half the State's expenditure over $9, and a contribution of one-half the State's expenditure for administration.

Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1946, § 502(b), substituted "the State's proportionate share" for “one-half".

1939 Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1939, substituted "onehalf" for "one-third".

Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1939, substituted "one half" for "two thirds" in par. (1) and inserted in par. (2) provision reading: "(B) reduced by a sum・・・ under the state plan."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT

Section 205(e) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: "The amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) [to subsec. (a) (1) (B) of this section and section 608(a) (4) of this title] shall apply only with respect to foster care provided after December 1967."

Amendments of subsec. (a) (3), (a) (3) (B)—(D) and concluding text, and repeal of subsecs. (a) (4) and (c) of this section by section 201(d), (e) of Pub. L. 90-248 effective July 1, 1968 (or earlier if the State plan so provides) and provision for nonapplication of section 602 (a) (15) (F) of this title when there are different State agencies for administration of services, and enactment of subsec. (a) (3) (A) of this section by section 201(c) of Pub. L. 90-248 applicable with respect to services furnished after June 30, 1968, or furnished after such earlier date as the State plan may provide, see section 201(g) of Pub. L. 90-248, set out as a note under section 602 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENT Amendment of subsec. (a) (1) of this section by section 401 of Pub. L. 89-97 applicable in the case of expenditures made after December 31, 1965, under a state plan approved under subchapters I, IV, X, XIV, or XVI of this chapter, see section 401 (f) of Pub. L. 89-97, set out as a note under section 303 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT Amendment of subsec. (a)(1)—(3) of this section by section 101(a)(2) of Pub. L. 87-543 applicable in the case of expenditures, under a State plan approved under subchapter I, IV, X, or XIV of this chapter, as the case may be, made after Aug. 31, 1962, and addition of subsecs. (a) (4) and (c) and amendment of subsec. (a) (3) of this section by section 101(b) (2) (A)—(C) of Pub. L. 87-543 applicable in the case of expenditures, under a State plan approved under subchapter I, IV, X, or XIV of this chapter, as the case may be, made after June 30, 1963, see section 202(f) of Pub. L. 87-543, set out as a note under section 303 of this title.

Section 202 (e) of Pub. L. 87-543, as amended by Pub. L. 90-36, § 2, June 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 94; Pub. L. 90-248, title II, § 207 (c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 894, provided that: "The amendments made by sections 105 (other than subsection (c)) and 108 [adding sections 603 (a) (1) (A) (iii), 603(a) last par., and 609 of this title, amending section 606(b) of

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