---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1383e"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1383e"
heading: "Treatment referrals for individuals with alcoholism or drug addiction condition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1383e"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Social Security"
  - "Subchapter XVI — Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled"
  - "Part B — Procedural and General Provisions"
---

# §1383e. Treatment referrals for individuals with alcoholism or drug addiction condition


In the case of any individual whose benefits under this subchapter are paid to a repre­sentative payee pursuant to [section 1383(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of this title](/usc/42/1383.md?p=a-2-A-ii-II), the Commissioner of [Social](/usc/42/1397j.md?p=20) Security shall refer such individual to the appropriate [State agency](/usc/42/629a.md?p=a-3) administering the [State](/usc/42/619.md?p=5) plan for substance [abuse](/usc/42/1397j.md?p=1) [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) services approved under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act ([42 U.S.C. 300x–21](/usc/42/300x–21.md) et seq.).


## Source credit

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1636, as added Pub. L. 104–121, title I, § 105(b)(3), Mar. 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 854.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Public Health Service Act, referred to in text, is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682. Subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Act is classified generally to subpart II (§ 300x–21 et seq.) of part B of subchapter XVII of chapter 6A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1996, with respect to any individual whose claim for benefits is finally adjudicated on or after Mar. 29, 1996, or whose eligibility for benefits is based upon eligibility redetermination made pursuant to section 105(b)(5)(C) of Pub. L. 104–121, see section 105(b)(5) of Pub. L. 104–121, as amended, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 1382 of this title.