Social Security Administration March 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Nonpayment of Benefits When the Social Security Administration Receives Notice That an Insured Person Is Deported or Removed From the United States
Document Number: 05-6400
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-03-31
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
To implement part of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA), we are revising our regulations that prohibit payment of monthly benefits and the lump sum death payment under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act) when SSA receives notice that an insured person is deported or removed from the United States under certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Expanded Authority for Cross-Program Recovery of Benefit Overpayments
Document Number: 05-6204
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-03-30
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are adopting without change the final rules that were published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2005, at 70 FR 11, revising our rules on the recovery of overpayments incurred under one of our programs from benefits payable to the overpaid individual under other programs we administer. The revised rules expand the authority for cross-program recovery of overpayments made in our various programs. We are implementing a portion of those rules that we did not implement on January 3, 2005, pending consideration of public comments that we requested at that time.
Technical Amendments To Change Cross-References
Document Number: 05-5921
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-03-25
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This document corrects two cross-references in the final rules we published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2004 (69 FR 67017). These final rules revised the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (the listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving malignant neoplastic diseases.
Technical Amendments To Change a Cross-Reference and To Remove Reference to an Obsolete Form
Document Number: 05-5774
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-03-24
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This document contains two technical corrections to our regulations. The first correction changes a cross-reference in our regulations regarding how we credit quarters of coverage for calendar years before 1978. The second correction removes reference to a form that has been obsolete since November 2002.
Civil Monetary Penalties, Assessments and Recommended Exclusions
Document Number: 05-5717
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-03-23
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with legislative changes, we propose to add new rules that would amend current procedures for the Social Security Administration's civil monetary penalty cases. These proposed rules would amend the current rules by holding representative payees liable for the wrongful conversion of Social Security benefits and by adding a provision for withholding disclosure of material statements to the Social Security Administration. These proposed rules would also amend the current rules by prohibiting offers that charge fees for products or services otherwise provided free of charge by the Social Security Administration, unless sufficient notice is provided, and by adding to the list of enumerated terms that could be used as part of misleading advertisements. These revisions reflect provisions of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004. These proposed rules would also reflect the addition of title VIII, Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans, to the Social Security Act, to subject individuals to the possible imposition of a civil monetary penalty and assessment for a violation of this title. These revisions reflect provisions of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Document Number: 05-5644
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-23
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Notice Announcing Implementation of Sections 302 and 303 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004
Document Number: 05-5581
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-22
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has implemented sections 302 and 303 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA). Section 302 of the SSPA extends the current attorney fee withholding and payment process under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act) to claims for benefits under title XVI of the Act. Section 303 of the SSPA requires the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner) to develop and implement a five-year nationwide demonstration project that extends to certain non-attorney representatives of claimants under titles II and XVI of the Act the option to have approved representatives' fees withheld and paid directly from a beneficiary's past-due benefits.
Privacy Act of 1974; as Amended New System of Records and New Routine Use Disclosures
Document Number: 05-4988
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-15
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (e)(11)), we are issuing public notice of our intent to establish a new system of records entitled Representative Payee/Misuse Restitution Control System (RP/MRCS), 60-0318, and routine uses applicable to this system of records. Hereinafter, we will refer to the proposed system of records as the RP/MRCS. We invite public comments on this proposal.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: 05-4987
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-15
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Wage Credits for Veterans and Members of the Uniformed Services
Document Number: 05-4638
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-03-10
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are amending our rules on wage credits for veterans and members of the uniformed services. The revisions are required by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2002 and the Social Security Protection Act of 2004. The enactments changed a Social Security Act requirement providing deemed military wage credits for service as members of the uniformed services on active duty or active duty for training beginning in 1957 (when that service was first covered for Social Security purposes on a contributory basis). The provisions provide for the termination of such deemed military wage credits effective with military wages earned after December 31, 2001. The wage credits will continue to be given for periods prior to calendar year 2002.
Medicare Part D Subsidies
Document Number: 05-4097
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-03-04
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We propose to add to our regulations a new part 418 to contain rules that we will apply when we evaluate applications for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Medicare program. We propose to include a new subpart D, Medicare Part D Subsidies, to this part. This new subpart would contain the rules that we use to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Medicare Part D program, which was added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Medicare Modernization Act). These proposed rules would describe: what the new subpart is about; how we determine whether you are eligible for premium and cost- sharing subsidies; how we redetermine your eligibility for a subsidy; how you apply for a subsidy; how we evaluate your income and resources; when your eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies terminates; how you may report changes in your circumstances; and how you can appeal a determination we make under the Part D subsidy program.
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended Alteration to Existing System of Records and New Routine Use Disclosure
Document Number: 05-4094
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-03
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11)), we are issuing public notice of our intent to alter two existing systems of records, the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting, 60-0094 and the Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits, 60-0103. The proposed alterations will result in the following changes to these two systems of records: (1) Expansion of the categories of individuals covered by the systems to include former beneficiaries and representative payees of Social Security payments and former recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments who received an overpayment and owe a delinquent debt to the SSA; (2) Expansion of the purposes for which SSA uses information maintained in the systems; and (3) A proposed new routine use disclosure in each system providing for the release of information to employers to assist SSA in collecting delinquent debts owed to the Agency from the disposable pay of the debtors described above. All of the proposed alterations are discussed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. We invite public comment on this proposal.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: 05-3892
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-01
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
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