112 STAT. 3368
PUBLIC LAW 105-369—NOV. 12, 1998
Nov. 12, 1998
Public Law 105-369
105th Congress
An Act
To provide for compassionate payments with regard to individuals with bloodclotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who contracted human immunodeficiency
[H.R. 1023]
virus due to contaminated antihemophilic factor, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
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the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Sheffid Act SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "Ricky Ray
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Hemophilia Rehef Fund Act of 1998".
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents of this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—HEMOPHILIA RELIEF FUND
Sec. 101. Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund.
Sec. 102. Compassionate payment relating to individuals with blood-clotting
disorders and HIV.
Sec. 103. Determination and payment.
Sec. 104. Limitation on transfer of rights and number of petitions.
Sec. 105. Time limitation.
Sec. 106. Certain claims not affected by payment.
Sec. 107. Limitation on agent and attorney fees.
Sec. 108. Definitions.
TITLE II—TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PRIVATE SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS IN
HEMOPHILIA-CLOTTING-FACTOR SUIT UNDER THE MEDICAID AND SSI
PROGRAMS
Sec. 201. Treatment of certain private settlement payments in hemophilia-clottingfactor suit under the Medicaid and SSI programs.
TITLE I—HEMOPHILIA RELIEF FUND
42 USC 300C-22 SEC. 101. RICKY RAY HEMOPHILIA RELIEF FUND.
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(a) ESTABLISHMENT. —There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a trust fund to be known as the "Ricky Ray
Hemophilia Relief Fund", which shall be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(b) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS IN FUND. —Amounts in the Fund
shall be invested in accordance with section 9702 of title 31, United
States Code, and any interest on and proceeds from any such
investment shall be credited to and become part of the Fund.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUND.—Amounts in the Fund shall be
available only for disbursement by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services under section 103.
(d) TERMINATION. — The Fund shall terminate upon the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment
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