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Texas Probate Code - Section 502. Construction Of Power Relating To Benefits From Certain Governmental Programs Or Civil Or Military Service

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§ 502. CONSTRUCTION OF POWER RELATING TO BENEFITS FROM 
CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS OR CIVIL OR MILITARY SERVICE.  In a 
statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring 
authority with respect to benefits from social security, Medicare, 
Medicaid, or other governmental programs or civil or military 
service empowers the attorney in fact or agent to:
	(1)  execute vouchers in the name of the principal for 
allowances and reimbursements payable by the United States, a 
foreign government, or a state or subdivision of a state to the 
principal, including allowances and reimbursements for 
transportation of the individuals described by Section 501(1) of 
this code, 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 and conserve, invest, disburse, or use 
anything received for a lawful purpose.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 49, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.            

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