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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1223. Distribution of shares
(a) Payments to enrollees, next of kin, or legatees
Except as provided is subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living enrollee
directly to such enrollee and the Secretary shall distribute a per
capita share of a deceased enrollee directly 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.
(b) Payments to minors or persons under legal disability
A share payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to a
person under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such
procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary
determines will adequately protect the best interest of such
person.
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