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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 110 59.1. Verification Obtain a copy of the mortgage contract.

60. Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund The Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998, P.L. 105-369 provided for a single payment of $100,000 from the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund to: • Certain individuals with a blood-clotting disorder who may have contracted an HIV infection from a blood transfusion, and • Certain current and former spouses of these individuals who also contracted an HIV infection, and • Certain children of these individuals who also contracted an HIV infection, and • Certain surviving spouses, children, and parents of the above persons. Payments from this program have ended but individuals may have retained some of the funds. 60.1. Exclusion The Act provides for exclusion of payments from the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund for AG eligibility/payment purposes. The Act also provides for exclusion of certain private payments. The following payments, regardless of when received, are excluded from income and resources: • Payments from the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Fund; • Payments made from any fund established pursuant to a class settlement in the case of Susan Walker v. Bayer Corporation, et al., 96-C-5024 (N.D. Ill); and • Payments made pursuant to a release of all claims in a case that is entered into in lieu of the class settlement mentioned above and that is signed by all parties in the case on or before the later of (1) December 31, 1997, or (2) the date that is 270 days after the date on which such release is first sent to persons (or the legal representative of such persons) to whom the payment is to be made.