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U.S. Code as of:
01/02/2006
Section 1153. Payments to minors and persons under legal disabilities; escheats
Sums payable to enrollees or to their heirs or legatees who are
less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal
disability shall be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior
with use limited to emergency medical care and direct educational
expenses, until such minor becomes of age or disability ceases.
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, the money remaining
shall also be distributed per capita unless individual shares would
have a value of less than $5. Individual shares or proportional
shares of heirs or legatees amounting to $5 or less shall not be
distributed, but shall escheat to the United States.
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