responsibility of payee of social security benefits
A. Payee responsibilities and duties. You must explain the payeeâs responsibilities and duties to the applicant. The representative payee responsibilities and duties are to: meet with the beneficiary on a regular basis to ascertain his or her current and foreseeable needs; use funds in the beneficiary's best interest; conserve benefits not needed for the beneficiary's current needs; keep detailed and accurate records of how the payee uses benefits in order to provide an accurate report to SSA when requested;