Appendix A - Section 1110 (42 U.s.c. 1310) Legislation

APPENDIX A
SECTION 1110 (42 U.S.C. 1310) LEGISLATION

SEC. 1110. [42 U.S.C. 1310]

(a)(1) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957,
$5,000,000 and for each fiscal year thereafter such sums as the Congress may determine for (A)
making grants to States and public and other organizations and agencies for paying part of the
cost of research or demonstration projects such as those relating to the prevention and reduction
of dependency, or which will aid in effecting coordination of planning between private and
public welfare agencies or which will help improve the administration and effectiveness of
programs carried on or assisted under the Social Security Act and programs related thereto, and
(B) making contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States and public and
other organizations and agencies for the conduct of research or demonstration projects relating to
such matters.
(2) No contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement shall be entered into, and no grant
shall be made, under paragraph (1), until the Secretary (or the Commissioner, with respect to any
jointly financed cooperative agreement or grant concerning titles II or XVI) obtains the advice
and recommendations of specialists who are competent to evaluate the proposed projects as to
soundness of their design, the possibilities of securing productive results, the adequacy of
resources to conduct the proposed research or demonstrations, and their relationship to other
similar research or demonstrations already completed or in process.
(3) Grants and payments under contracts or cooperative arrangements under paragraph (1) may
be made either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary
(or the Commissioner, with respect to any jointly financed cooperative agreement or grant
concerning title II or XVI); and shall be made in such installments and on such conditions as the
Secretary (or the Commissioner, as applicable) finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this
subsection.
(b)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to waive any of the requirements, conditions, or
limitations of Title XVI (or to waive them only for specified purposes, or to impose additional
requirements, conditions, or limitations) to such extent and for such period as the Commissioner
finds necessary to carry out one or more experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects which, in
the Commissioner's judgment, are likely to assist in promoting the objectives or facilitate the
administration of such title. Any costs for benefits under or administration of any such project
(including planning for the project and the review and evaluation of the project and its results), in
excess of those that would have been incurred without regard to the project, shall be met by the
Commissioner from amounts available to the Commissioner for this purpose from appropriations
made to carry out such title. The costs of any such project which is carried out in coordination
with one or more related projects under other titles of this Act shall be allocated among the
appropriations available for such projects and any Trust Funds involved, in a manner determined
by the Commissioner with respect to the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs
under title II and the supplemental security income program under title XVI, and by the
Secretary with respect to other titles of this Act, taking into consideration the programs (or types
of benefit) to which the project (or part of a project) is most closely related or which the project
(or part of a project) is intended to benefit. If, in order to carry out a project under this
subsection, the Commissioner requests a State to make supplementary payments (or the
Commissioner makes them pursuant to an agreement under section 1616) to individuals who are

not eligible therefore, or in amounts or under circumstances in which the State does not make
such payments, the Commissioner shall reimburse such State for the non-Federal share of such
payments from amounts appropriated to carry out title XVI. If, in order to carry out a project
under this subsection, the Secretary requests a State to provide medical assistance under its plan
approved under title XIX to individuals who are not eligible therefore, or in amounts or under
circumstances in which the State does not provide such medical assistance, the Secretary shall
reimburse such State for the non-Federal share of such assistance from amounts appropriated to
carry out title XVI, which shall be provided by the Commissioner to the Secretary for this
purpose.
(2) With respect to the participation of recipients of supplemental security income benefits in
experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects under this subsection—
(A)

the Commissioner is not authorized to carry out any project that would result in a
substantial reduction in any individual's total income and resources as a result of his or her
participation in the project;

(B)

the Commissioner may not require any individual to participate in a project; and the
Commissioner shall assure (i) that the voluntary participation of individuals in any project
is obtained through informed written consent which satisfies the requirements for
informed consent established by the Commissioner for use in any experimental, pilot, or
demonstration project in which human subjects are at risk, and (ii) that any individual's
voluntary agreement to participate in any project may be revoked by such individual at
any time;

(C)

the Commissioner shall, to the extent feasible and appropriate, include recipients who are
under age 18 as well as adult recipients; and

(D)

the Commissioner shall include in the projects carried out under this section such
experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects as may be necessary to ascertain the
feasibility of treating alcoholics and drug addicts to prevent the onset of irreversible
medical conditions which may result in permanent disability, including programs in
residential care treatment centers.

(c)(1) In addition to the amount otherwise appropriated in any other law to carry out subsection
(a) for fiscal year 2004, up to $8,500,000 is authorized and appropriated and shall be used by the
Commissioner of Social Security under this subsection for purposes of conducting a statistically
valid survey to determine how payments made to individuals, organizations, and State or local
government agencies that are representative payees for benefits paid under title II or XVI are
being managed and used on behalf of the beneficiaries for whom such benefits are paid.
(2) Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commissioner of
Social Security shall submit a report on the survey conducted in accordance with paragraph (1)
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate.