---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schXVI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XVI"
heading: "Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schXVI"
sections_count: 23
---

# Subchapter XVI — Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security

## Sections

- [§1381. Statement of purpose; authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/1381.md)
- [§1381a. Basic entitlement to benefits](/usc/42/1381a.md)

## Contents

- [Part A — Determination of Benefits](/usc/42/ch7-schXVI-ptA.md)
- [Part B — Procedural and General Provisions](/usc/42/ch7-schXVI-ptB.md)