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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1133. Payments to enrollees, heirs, or legatees; protection of minors and persons under legal disability; escheats
The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living
enrollee directly to such enrollee or in such manner as is deemed
by the Secretary to be in the enrollee's best interest. The
Secretary shall distribute the per capita share of a deceased
enrollee to his heirs or legatees upon proof of death and
inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary whose findings upon such
proof shall be final and conclusive. Sums payable to enrollees or
their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age
or who are under a legal disability shall be paid to the persons
whom the Secretary determines will best protect their interests.
Proportional shares of heirs or legatees amounting to $5 or less
shall not be distributed, and shall escheat to the United States.
In the event that the sum of money reserved by the Secretary to pay
the costs of distributing the individual shares exceeds the amount
actually necessary to accomplish this purpose, such funds shall
also escheat to the United States.
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