H.R.5380

            

116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5380

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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2019
Mr.  Crist (for himself, Mr.  Bilirakis, and Mr.  Soto) introduced the following bill; which was 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.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
		United States of America in Congress assembled, 
 SECTION 1.  Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2019”.
 SEC. 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) 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.