SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018”.
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
An Act
To amend titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act to improve and strengthen the representative payment program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Table of Contents.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I— STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT AND BENEFICIARY PROTECTION
Sec. 101. Stronger monitoring of representative payees.
Sec. 102. Reducing the burden on families.
Sec. 103. Protecting beneficiaries through information sharing.
Sec. 104. Clarifying overpayment liability for child in child welfare system.
Sec. 105. Reports.
TITLE II— IMPROVING PAYEE SELECTION AND QUALITY
Sec. 201. Advance designation of representative payees.
Sec. 202. Prohibition on individuals convicted of certain crimes serving as representative payees.
Sec. 203. Prohibition on individuals with representative payees serving as representative payees.
Sec. 204. Reassessment of payee selection and replacement policies.