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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
PUBLIC LAW 115-165-APR. 13, 2018
132 STAT. 1257
Public Law 115-165
115th Congress
An Act
To amend titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act to improve and strengthen
the representative payment program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Protections for
Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I-STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT AND BENEFICIARY PROTECTION
Sec. 101. Stronger monitoring of representative payees.
Sec. 102. Reducing the burden on families.
Sec. 103. Protecting beneficiaries through information sharing.
Sec. 104. Clarifying overpayment liability for child in child welfare system.
Sec. 105. Reports.
TITLE II-IMPROVING PAYEE SELECTION AND QUALITY
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
201.
202.
203.
204.
Apr. 13, 2018
[H.R. 4547]
Strengthening
Protections for
Social Security
Beneficiaries Act
of 2018.
42 USC 1305
note.
Advance designation of representative payees.
Prohibition on individuals convicted of certain crimes serving as rep-
resentative payees.
Prohibition on individuals with representative payees serving as rep-
resentative payees.
Reassessment of payee selection and replacement policies.
TITLE I-STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT
AND BENEFICIARY PROTECTION
SEC. 101. STRONGER MONITORING OF REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES.
(a) PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR BENEFICIARIES WITH REP-
RESENTATIVE PAYEES.-Section 205(j)(6) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(j)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(C)(i) The Commissioner of Social Security shall make annual
grants directly to the protection and advocacy system serving each
of the States and the American Indian consortium for the purpose
of conducting reviews of representative payees in accordance with
this subparagraph. The total amount used by the Commissioner
for such grants each year-
(I) shall be an amount sufficient, as determined by the
Commissioner in consultation with each of the protection and
advocacy systems, to carry out all of the activities described
in clause (ii); and
Grants.
Reviews.
Intergovernmental
relations.
Native Americans.
Consultation.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.statute/statspl0021&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)