Utah Code 75A-2-214. Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(1) As used in this section, “benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service” means any benefit, program, or assistance provided under a statute or regulation, including social security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Terms Used In Utah Code 75A-2-214
- Agent: includes an original agent, coagent, successor agent, and person to which an agent's authority is delegated. See Utah Code 75A-2-102
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- Power of attorney: means a writing or other record that grants authority to an agent to act in the place of the principal, whether or not the term power of attorney is used. See Utah Code 75A-2-102
- Principal: means an individual who grants authority to an agent in a power of attorney. See Utah Code 75A-2-102
- Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or personal, or legal or equitable, or any interest or right therein. See Utah Code 75A-2-102
- Security: means the same as that term is defined in Section
75-1-201 . See Utah Code 75A-2-102 - State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 75A-2-102
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service authorizes the agent to:
(2)(a) execute vouchers in the name of the principal for allowances and reimbursements payable by the United States or a foreign government or by a state or subdivision of a state to the principal, including allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the individuals described in Subsection 75A-2-213 (1)(a), and for shipment of their household effects;
(2)(b) 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;
(2)(c) enroll in, apply for, select, reject, change, amend, or discontinue, on the principal’s behalf, a benefit or program;
(2)(d) prepare, file, and maintain a claim of the principal for a benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which the principal may be entitled under a statute or regulation;
(2)(e) initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation concerning any benefit or assistance the principal may be entitled to receive under a statute or regulation; and
(2)(f) receive the financial proceeds of a claim described in Subsection (2)(d) and conserve, invest, disburse, or use for a lawful purpose anything received.