42 USC § 1306b - State data exchanges

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title: "42 USC § 1306b - State data exchanges"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1306b"
section_name: "State data exchanges"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "General Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 209, Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1842.)"
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# § 1306b. State data exchanges

section 1306 of this title

Whenever the Commissioner of Social Security requests information from a State for the purpose of ascertaining an individual’s eligibility for benefits (or the correct amount of such benefits) under subchapter II or XVI of this chapter, the standards of the Commissioner promulgated pursuant to  or any other Federal law for the use, safeguarding, and disclosure of information are deemed to meet any standards of the State that would otherwise apply to the disclosure of information by the State to the Commissioner.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 209, Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1842.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.