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d em nqent mfg^and cgl a deceased or
retired/w om an fyorker. If a.w ornan
has 6 quarters of coverage out of the
111-quarter period e n d e d ^ ^ th the quar-
ter of her death, her“ children will be
eligible for survivor benefits. Benefits
may be paid to thei'wife of an insured
worker, regardless, of her -age, if she
has 'th e w orker’s entitled child in her
care. Benefits for dependent parents
are raised to 75 percent’ of the prim ary
benefit. Benefits for the first child in
the family of a deceased w orker are
also raised in effect to 75 percent of. the
prim ary^insurance amount. A lump
sum is paid for all insured deaths.
World W ar II are allowed
wage credits of $160 for each month
of m iliiaf^ sb rv ice from Septem ber 16,
1940, to Ju ly 24, 1947.
Titib®Ms| Amendments to Internal
Revenue Code; I raises to $3,600 the
lim it onifotal annual earnings on which
co’htrib ^ ^ ^ W are I paid and benefits
computed. The contribution rates, for
bo^fe. I employee and employer, are
scheduled to be 1% percent for th h
c a le n d a r/|||a rs 1950-53/2 perc.ent, for
1954-59, a B ^ r c e n t for 1960-64, 3 per
cent for 1965-69, ,yand 3^4 percent
th ^ e a fte r.^ T h e self-employed will pay
at 1% times these rates.
Maternal and Child Welfare Assistance
Title III, Amendments to Public As-
sistance and M aternal and (S p iel Wel-
fare Provisions of the Social Security
Act, -makes F e d e r a l grants-in-aid
available, beginning October 1, 1950,
for' ffigPourth .category of I a ssis ta n c e -
aid fto' .the^peedy ‘perm anently- and
totally disabled, w holplgS a t least 18
years old. ’’The m atching form ula is
the same^a'MfprJold-agesa'Wstance and
aid to the blind. All four categories of
assistance pre extended to Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands, but. unde'r spec
ial m atching formulas.
In the program for aid
dependent
children, the relative with whom the
dependent child is living m ay be in-
cluded as a ^ /e ^ ip ie n t^ for 'F e d e ra l
matching purposes.- ,
Aid to the Blind
Beginning July 1952, all States ad-
m inisterihg federally apppoved’ pro
grams of^ i d" to the blind will be I re
quired Ito disregard recipients’ earned
income up to $50 a month in determ in
ing eligibility for and the amount of
aid. Before that., date the exemption
of earnings is discretionary w ith each
State. State plans m ust provide that,
in determ ining blindness, there shall
be an examination by a ' physician
skilled in diseases of the eye or by an
optometrist. Until JulyEll 1955, certain
S/tate plans; for aid to the blind need
not conform to the Federal require
m ents^ concerning determ ination of'
need, although Federal m atching will?
b e „made only w ith respect to those
¿payments that are based , on determ in
ation of need in accordance w ith Fed
eral requirements.
Direct
to doctors or others
furnishing medical or other rem edial
care mayO e matched by the Federal
Government, w ithin, .the individual
maximums for the several programs.
The Federal Government will- share in
th e /B H dj of assistance to needy aged,
blindBpla perm onently and totally dis-
abled persons in certain medical in
stitutions. Effective July 1, 1953, a
State that makes payments to persons
in publie’~br’ private -institutions m ust
provide for a State authority th at will
bd^resppE^ible for establishing and
m aintaining standards for Such in-
^fjO tions. -
Authorization for Federal grants fop
m aternal and I child health services is
"raised-to $16.5 million a year ($15 m il
lion ;in the current fiseal year), for
services for crippled children to $15
million ($12 million in the current fis
cal year), and for child welfare ser-
vices to $10 million.
Title TV, Miscellaneous Provisions,
provides for the re -eBablishment and
continuation through 1952 of the loan
fund w ithin the Federal unemploy
m ent account, which perm its advances
?t,o^ State/ unemployment insurance
funds-that ru n low. The law restricts,
the authorityjof the Secretary of Dabor
to „withhold grants to Stages for ad-
rninistration b i unemployment insur
ance iiW ertaih'qu^-ions of compliance
.A^ith the Federal Unemployment Tax
A ^ a n d title III of the Social Security
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