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SSA RIN: 0960-AE59 Publication ID: Fall 2007 
Title: Dedicated Accounts and Installment Payments for Certain Past Due Supplemental Security Income Benefits (622F) 
Abstract: These final rules adopt, with some minor changes, the interim final rules with request for comments published in the Federal Register on December 20, 1996 (61 FR 67203). The interim final rules reflected amendment to the Social Security Act (the Act) concerning dedicated accounts and installment payments for certain past-due SSI benefits made by sections 213 and 221 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Section 213 requires representative payees of children under age 18 who are to receive past-due SSI benefits that exceed 6 times the maximum Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) to establish dedicated accounts in financial institutions to be used only for certain purposes specified in section 213. Section 221 requires, with certain exceptions, that past-due SSI benefits which equal or exceed 12 times the maximum FBR be paid in installments. These final rules also reflect a technical amendment made by section 5522(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that was enacted August 5, 1997, which relates to section 213 of the 1996 legislation. In addition, these final rules reflect conforming provisions to section 302 of the Social Security Protection Act (SSPA) of 2004 that was effective May 2005, which provides for the direct payment of representative fees by SSA from any past due benefits that may be payable to an individual. Finally, these final rules also reflect the conforming provisions of section 7502 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, enacted February 8, 2006, which changes the formula for the payment of past due benefits for SSI recipients from 12 times the FBR plus any federally administered State supplementation to 3 times the FBR plus any federally administered State supplementation. 
Agency: Social Security Administration(SSA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
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  12/00/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: 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