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Local departments may determine and refer appropriate potential SSI claimants to attorneys, or advocates working under the supervision of an attorney, for representation under this project. This project shall provide for disbursements to any such attorney or advocate upon receipt of a favorable decision in such referred claims.\n\t\tSuch disbursements shall be in an amount determined by the Board to be sufficient to ensure prompt and adequate representation of such recipients. This amount shall not exceed the lesser of the recoupment for state and local assistance paid, as provided by the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1383 (g), as amended, or twenty-five percent of the maximum federal back-due SSI grant payable to an individual.\n\t\tSuch disbursement shall be made upon submission by the attorney of a petition and a copy of the favorable decision. 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This project shall provide for disbursements to any such attorney or advocate upon receipt of a favorable decision in such referred claims.\n\t\tSuch disbursements shall be in an amount determined by the Board to be sufficient to ensure prompt and adequate representation of such recipients. This amount shall not exceed the lesser of the recoupment for state and local assistance paid, as provided by the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1383 (g), as amended, or twenty-five percent of the maximum federal back-due SSI grant payable to an individual.\n\t\tSuch disbursement shall be made upon submission by the attorney of a petition and a copy of the favorable decision. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 170 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81295,"identifier":"63.2-803","token":"63.2\/II\/8\/63.2-803","url":"\/63.2-803\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-803\/","token":"63.2\/II\/8\/63.2-803","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment for legal services in claims for Supplemental Security Income","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-803","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall establish an advocacy project to assist recipients of general relief<\/span> or children entrusted or committed to foster care who may be eligible for federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits in obtaining such benefits. Local departments<\/span> may determine and refer appropriate potential SSI claimants to attorneys, or advocates working under the supervision of an attorney, for representation under this project. This project shall provide for disbursements to any such attorney or advocate upon receipt of a favorable decision in such referred claims.\n\t\tSuch disbursements shall be in an amount determined by the Board<\/span> to be sufficient to ensure prompt and adequate representation of such recipients. This amount shall not exceed the lesser of the recoupment for state and local assistance paid, as provided by the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1383 (g), as amended, or twenty-five percent of the maximum federal back-due SSI grant payable to an individual.\n\t\tSuch disbursement shall be made upon submission by the attorney of a petition<\/span> and a copy of the favorable decision. Petitions<\/span> must be presented within sixty days of the favorable Social Security Administration decision.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span>, in consultation with the Virginia State Bar, shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES IN CLAIMS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (\u00a7\n63.2-803)\n\nThe Commissioner shall establish an advocacy project to assist recipients of\ngeneral relief or children entrusted or committed to foster care who may be\neligible for federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits in obtaining\nsuch benefits. Local departments may determine and refer appropriate potential\nSSI claimants to attorneys, or advocates working under the supervision of an\nattorney, for representation under this project. This project shall provide for\ndisbursements to any such attorney or advocate upon receipt of a favorable\ndecision in such referred claims.\n\t\tSuch disbursements shall be in an amount determined by the Board to be\nsufficient to ensure prompt and adequate representation of such recipients. This\namount shall not exceed the lesser of the recoupment for state and local\nassistance paid, as provided by the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1383 (g),\nas amended, or twenty-five percent of the maximum federal back-due SSI grant\npayable to an individual.\n\t\tSuch disbursement shall be made upon submission by the attorney of a petition\nand a copy of the favorable decision. Petitions must be presented within sixty\ndays of the favorable Social Security Administration decision.\n\t\tThe Board, in consultation with the Virginia State Bar, shall adopt\nregulations necessary to implement this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 170, \u00a7 63.1-89.1; 2002, c. 747.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}