CONSTRUCTION OF POWER RELATING TO BENEFITS FROM

SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, OR OTHER

GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS OR MILITARY SERVICE

In a statutory power of attorney, the language granting power with respect to benefits from Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental programs, or civil or military service empowers the agent to:

1. Execute vouchers in the name of the principal for allowances and reimbursements payable by the United States or a foreign government or by a state or subdivision of a state to the principal, including allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the individuals described in paragraph 1 of Section 15 of this act, and for shipment of their household effects;

2. Take possession and order the removal and shipment of property of the principal from a post, warehouse, depot, dock, or other place of storage or safekeeping, either governmental or private, and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate, or other instrument for that purpose;

3. Prepare, file, and prosecute a claim of the principal to a benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which the principal claims to be entitled, under a statute or governmental regulation;

4. Prosecute, defend, submit to arbitration, settle, and propose or accept a compromise with respect to any benefits the principal may be entitled to receive; and

5. Receive the financial proceeds of a claim of the type described in this section, conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything received for a lawful purpose.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 420, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.