Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6358
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2022-01-06
Policy area: Social Welfare
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to establish agreements with each state to share certain information on a monthly basis about the guardianship arrangements of individuals who are entitled to Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income (a federal assistance program that provides monthly cash payments to aged, blind, or disabled individuals with limited income and resources).</p> <p>The SSA must also periodically report to Congress about Social Security payments that are diverted to nonfamilial representative payees (i.e., individuals appointed by the SSA to manage payments on behalf of recipients).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6358 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2022 Mr. Crist (for himself and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill January 10, 2022 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into agreements with States to share data related to individuals subject to guardianship, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2022 . 2. Information sharing related to State guardianship status (a) In general Section 205(j)(11) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(j)(11) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) The Commissioner of Social Security shall— (i) enter into agreements with each State for the purpose of sharing and matching data, on an automated monthly basis, in the system of records of the Social Security Administration with the system of records of each State to identify individuals subject to guardianship in the State who, with respect to such month, are entitled to benefits under this title that are certified for payment to a representative payee; and (ii) in any case in which the guardianship arrangement for such an individual has changed in such month, redetermine the appropriate representative payee for such individual. ; and (2) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by amending clause (i) to read as follows— (i) the term State — (I) when used in subparagraph (A), has the meaning given such term for purposes of part E of title IV; and (II) when used in subparagraph (B), has the meaning given such term for purposes of subtitle B of title XX; . (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Administrator of the Social Security Administration shall submit to Congress a report containing the number of social security payments that are being diverted to non-family members as representative payees, broken down by State. (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to months beginning on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.