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Representative payees are required by law to use the benefits in the beneficiary’s best interest. If a payee misuses benefits, they must repay the misused funds. A payee who’s convicted of ...
A representative payee, or substitute payee, is a person who acts as the receiver of United States Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income for a person who is not fully capable of managing their own benefits, i.e. cannot be their own payee. The representative payee is expected to assist the person with money management, along ...
A representative payee can be a person or an entity appointed by the Social Security Administration — usually a relative or close friend of the beneficiary. However, the Social Security ...
Some states and counties have representative payee agencies (also called substitute payee programs) which receive the benefits on behalf of the disabled person's social worker, and disburse the benefits per the social worker's instructions. Almost all children eligible for SSI have representative payees (typically a parent or other family member).
The Repeal of the "Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007" (Pub. L. 115–8 (text), H.J.Res. 40) was legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives on January 30, 2017 by Representative Sam Johnson of Texas.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates that more than 8 million people who get monthly Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments need help managing their money.
“Congress passed a law that permits us to collect SSI overpayments by withholding from the representative payee’s Social Security benefits,” the agency wrote in a letter to Moulton, obtained ...
A payee can be very helpful in the instance of homeless individuals who need assistance paying down debts (like utility bills) and saving for housing. About 10 percent of disabled worker beneficiaries have representative payees and about 5 percent of disabled widow(er)s have representative payees.