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SSA RIN: 0960-AE59 Publication ID: Spring 2007 
Title: Dedicated Accounts and Installment Payments for Certain Past Due SSI Benefits (622F) 
Abstract: These regulations reflect amendments to the Social Security Act made by sections 213 and 221 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Section 213 requires the establishment of accounts in financial institutions for the payment of past due SSI benefits after reimbursement to a State for Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR) exceeding 6 months, benefits to representative payees on behalf of children under age 18. These accounts will be dedicated for certain purposes by restrictions on the use of such past due benefits. Section 221 requires past due SSI benefits after reimbursement to a State for Interim Assistance Reimbursement that equals or exceeds 12 months, benefits to be paid in installments with certain exceptions. These final rules will also reflect amendments made by section 302 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004, effective May 2005, which provides for the payment of attorney fees by SSA from past due benefits that are payable to an individual. Section 7502 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, enacted February 8, 2006, changed the formula for the payment of SSI installments. The new formula states that when an SSI individual is eligible for past due benefits in an amount which (after reimbursement for IAR and attorney/nonattorney fees) equals or exceeds 3 times the individual Federal Benefit Rate, plus any federally administered State supplement, installment payments must be paid. 
Agency: Social Security Administration(SSA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.545 to 416.546    20 CFR 416.640   
Legal Authority: 31 USC 3720A    42 USC 902(a)(5)    42 USC 1320b-17    42 USC 1381 to 1381a    42 USC 1382(c)    42 USC 1382(e)    42 USC 1383(a) to 1383(d)    42 USC 1383(g)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Interim Final Rules were published on December 20, 1996 (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) only)  11/22/1996 

Overall Description of Deadline: Interim Final Rules were published on December 20, 1996.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  12/20/1996  61 FR 67203   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  02/18/1997    
Final Action  12/00/2007    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Bryan J. Mueller
Social Insurance Specialist
Social Security Administration
Office of Income Security Programs, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone:410 965-9844

Lois A. Berg
Social Insurance Specialist
Social Security Administration
Office of Regulations, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone:410 965-1713