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kind: "diff"
citation: "S. 269"
bill: "119-s-269"
heading: "Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act"
from: "is"
from_label: "Introduced in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/119/s/269/changes/es"
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# S. 269 — what changed

S. 269, Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act — 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 2 Improving coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system

- (a) In general— Section <del>801(a) </del><ins>205(r) </ins>of <ins>the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)), as amended by section 801(a)(7) of </ins>title VIII of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law <del>116–260) </del><ins>116–260), </ins>is amended by striking paragraph <del>(7) </del><ins>(11) </ins>and inserting the following:
  - <del>“(7) by adding at </del><ins>“(11) The Commissioner of Social Security shall, to </ins>the <del>end </del><ins>extent feasible, provide information furnished to </ins>the <del>following paragraph:</del><ins>Commissioner under paragraph (1) to the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system described in section 3354(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the authorized uses of the Do Not Pay working system to help prevent improper payments of, and support the recovery of improperly paid, benefits or other payments through a cooperative arrangement with such agency, provided that the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) are met with respect to such arrangement with such agency. The Commissioner of Social Security and the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system shall, while the data described in the preceding sentence is being provided to the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system, enter into an agreement based upon an agreed upon methodology, which covers the proportional share of State death data costs, which the Commissioner of Social Security and the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system may periodically review.</ins>
  - <del>““(11) </del><ins>“(12) </ins>The Commissioner of Social Security <del>shall, to the extent feasible, provide information furnished </del><ins>may not record a death </ins>to <del>the Commissioner </del><ins>a record that may be provided </ins>under <del>paragraph (1) to the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system described in </del><ins>this </ins>section <del>3354(c) of title 31, United States Code, </del>for <ins>any individual unless </ins>the <del>authorized uses </del><ins>Commissioner </ins>of <del>the Do Not Pay working system through a cooperative arrangement with such agency, provided </del><ins>Social Security has found it has clear and convincing evidence to support </ins>that the <del>requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) are met with respect </del><ins>individual should be presumed </ins>to <del>such arrangement with such agency.”.”</del><ins>be deceased.”</ins>
- (b) <del>Conforming amendment—</del><ins>Improving coordination regarding individuals incorrectly identified as deceased—</ins> Section <del>801(b)(2) </del><ins>205(r)(7) </ins>of <ins>the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(7)), as added by section 801(a)(4) of </ins>title VIII of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law <del>116–260) </del><ins>116–260), </ins>is amended by striking <del>“on the date that is 3 years after </del><ins>“and” at </ins>the <del>date </del><ins>end </ins>of <del>enactment </del><ins>subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end </ins>of <del>this Act” </del><ins>subparagraph (B) </ins>and inserting <del>“on December 28, 2026”.</del><ins>“; and”, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</ins>
  - <ins>“(C) notify any agency that has a cooperative arrangement with the Commissioner of Social Security under paragraph (3) or (11) of the error.”</ins>
- (c) Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on December <del>28, </del><ins>27, </ins>2026.
