{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-15-12-214","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 15-12-214","heading":"Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(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;\n(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;\n(c) Enroll in, apply for, select, reject, change, amend or discontinue, on the principal’s behalf, a benefit or program;\n(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;\n(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\n(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.","path":["TITLE 15 UNIFORM PROBATE CODE","CHAPTER 12 UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT","PART 2. AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title15/t15ch12/sect15-12-214/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:46Z","sha256":"813e6a15b1d8222df30701e2520d95cebb9f75efbc3194e1c82cec9532084380","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-15-12-213","next":"us-id/idaho-code-15-12-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}