Idaho § 15-12-214 BENEFITS FROM GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS OR CIVIL OR MILITARY SERVICE

Idaho Statutes

§ 15-12-214 — BENEFITS FROM GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS OR CIVIL OR MILITARY SERVICE

Idaho § 15-12-214

Title 15UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

Part 2.AUTHORITY

Ch. 12UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT

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Idaho Code § 15-12-214 (2026).

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(1)In this section, "benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service" means any benefit, program or assistance provided under a statute or governmental regulation including social security, medicare and medicaid.

(2)Unless a 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:

(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 section 15-12-213 (1)(a), Idaho Code, and for shipment of their hou

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(1) In this section, "benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service" means any benefit, program or assistance provided under a statute or governmental regulation including social security, medicare and medicaid.
(2) Unless a 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:
(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 section 15-12-213 (1)(a), Idaho Code, and for shipment of their household effects;
(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;
(c) Enroll in, apply for, select, reject, change, amend or discontinue, on the principal’s behalf, a benefit or program;
(d) Prepare, file and maintain a claim of the principal for a benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which the principal claims to be entitled under a statute or governmental regulation;
(e) Prosecute, defend, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle and propose or accept a compromise with respect to any benefit or assistance the principal may be entitled to receive under a statute or governmental regulation; and
(f) Receive the financial proceeds of a claim of the type described in paragraph (d) of this subsection and conserve, invest, disburse or use anything so received for a lawful purpose.