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and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988. See also ‘Fire or Casualty Insurance Proceeds’ in this section. Governmental disaster payments designated to restore a home damaged in a disaster are excluded if the household can be legally sanctioned for not using the funds as intended. This includes some, but not all, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) payments. Factor VIII or IX Concentrate Blood Products Litigation, MDL 986 (No. 93-C-7452, Northern District of Illinois): Exclude payments hemophilia patients receive as a result of this class action lawsuit. Fire or Casualty Insurance Proceeds: Treat cash benefits received as proceeds of fire or casualty insurance claims to make repairs to or dispose of damaged property as follows: Exclude a settlement only when it is for replacement or repair of an excluded resource. If the settlement is related to a countable resource, the settlement is also countable. When the settlement is excluded as income, it is also excluded as a resource for up to 9 months. If good cause exists, an additional 9-month exclusion may be allowed if the repair/replacement is not completed within the original 9-month period. Keepseagle vs. Vislack – Settlement of Tribal Trust Accounting and Management Lawsuits: Count settlement payments in the month received, when they can be prospected. Nazi Persecution Victims Exclude restitution payments made under the Victims of Nazi Persecution Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-286) Nez Perce et. al. v. Salazar – Settlement of Tribal Trust Accounting and Management Lawsuits: Exclude payments derived from this settlement. Radiation Exposure: Exclude payments made under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (P.L. 101-426). Spina Bifida: Exclude payments made to children of Vietnam veterans for spina bifida related disabilities (P.L. 104-204). Structured Settlements: A structured settlement is a financial or insurance arrangement including periodic payments that a person (claimant) accepts to resolve a personal injury claim as an alternative to a lump sum settlement. Usually, the periodic payments portion of a structured settlement is funded through the purchase of an annuity. The annuity is not owned by the person to whom the settlement and payments are due (claimant). The annuity is owned by the entity that was liable for the injury/claim (usually an insurance company). Annuity criteria and regulations addressed earlier in this manual do not apply to annuities that fund structured settlements in personal injury claims, because annuities that fund structured settlements are not owned by the person to whom the payments are made. The injured party (claimant) only has a right to the stream of income, not to the annuity itself.