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Sec. 5 · H.R. 5865

Additional compensation

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(a) In general Subject to the availability of appropriations following an annual review under section 4, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may pay to individuals who received compensation under the Thalidomide Survivors Compensation Program established under section 3 such additional compensation, as the Secretary determines appropriate, to meet the ongoing medical or other needs of such individuals. (b) Treatment of payments received for means-Tested welfare programs Compensation provided under this section to an individual may not be considered for the purpose of calculating such individual’s income or assets under any means-tested welfare program.

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