TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS.

SEC. 4735. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS. (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the payments described in subsection (b) shall not be considered income or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of benefits under, a State plan of medical assistance approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act. (b) Payments Described.—The payments described in this subsection are— (1) payments made from any fund established pursuant to a class settlement in the case of Susan Walker v. Bayer Corporation, et al., 96–C–5024 (N.D. Ill.); and (2) payments made pursuant to a release of all claims in a case— (A) that is entered into in lieu of the class settlement referred to in paragraph (1); and (B) that is signed by all affected parties in such case on or before the later of— (i) December 31, 1997, or (ii) the date that is 270 days after the date on which such release is first sent to the persons (or the legal representative of such persons) to whom the payment is to be made.