{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-752.112","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 752.112","heading":"BENEFITS FROM CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS OR CIVIL OR MILITARY SERVICE.","body":"The language conferring authority with respect to benefits from social security, Medicare, Medicaid, or other governmental programs or civil or military service in a statutory durable power of attorney empowers the attorney in fact or agent to:\n(1) execute a voucher in the principal's name for an allowance or reimbursement payable by the United States, a foreign government, or a state or subdivision of a state to the principal, including an allowance or reimbursement for:\n(A) transportation of the individuals described by Section 752.111(1); and\n(B) shipment of the household effects of those individuals;\n(2) take possession and order the removal and shipment of the principal's property from a post, warehouse, depot, dock, or other governmental or private place of storage or safekeeping and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate, or other instrument for that purpose;\n(3) prepare, file, and prosecute 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(4) prosecute, defend, submit to arbitration, settle, and propose or accept a compromise with respect to any benefits the principal may be entitled to receive; and\n(5) receive the financial proceeds of a claim of the type described by this section and conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything received for a lawful purpose.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE P. DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","CHAPTER 752. STATUTORY DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY","SUBCHAPTER C. CONSTRUCTION OF POWERS RELATED TO STATUTORY DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.752.htm#752.112","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"e2a700c1476373b38d20450e8ffa2fd1d185a5f4adcfabc2f175c1284397b1f7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-752.111","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-752.113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}