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[FR Doc No: 94-28013]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
Part S of the Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations
of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
covers the Social Security Administration (SSA). Notice is being given
that Subchapter S3J is being amended to provide additional information
on the Division level organizational structure and functions. The
changes are as follows:
Section S3J.10 The Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance
and Supplemental Security Income Policy--(Organization):
Establish:
D. The Division of Benefit Continuity (S3J1).
E. The Division of Coverage (S3J2).
F. The Division of Entitlement (S3J3).
G. The Division of Payment Policy (S3J4).
H. The Division of Program Requirements Policy (S3J5).
I. The Division of Program Management, Research and Demonstration
(S3J6).
Section S3J.20 The Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance
and Supplemental Security Income Policy--(Functions):
Establish:
D. The Division of Benefit Continuity (S3J1).
1. Plans, develops and evaluates the operational policies,
standards and instructions and provides guidance to field components on
issues related to the retirement and survivors insurance program and
common to one or more of the other SSA programs in the area of benefit
continuity.
2. Develops, issues and evaluates guidelines, directives,
instructions and operating procedures for such areas as work notices,
annual and monthly earnings tests, suspensions and terminations,
governmental pension offset and enforcement and beneficiary compliance,
overpayments, underpayments, recovery and waiver, garnishment, direct
deposit, cycling, payment delivery, onsite review, accounting,
representative payee selection, advance notice, capability/incapability
and use and misuse.
E. The Division of Coverage (S3J2).
1. Plans, develops and evaluates the operational policies,
standards and instructions and provides guidance to field components on
issues related to the retirement and survivors insurance program and
common to one or more of the other SSA programs in the area of
coverage.
2. Develops and issues guidelines, directives, instructions and
operating procedures for such coverage and employment subject areas as
wages, coverage and exceptions, anti-poverty programs, earnings
discrepancies, coverage aspects of international agreements, self-
employment status and income, religious exemptions, State and local
coverage and statutes of limitations.
F. The Division of Entitlement (S3J3).
1. Plans, develops and evaluates the operational policies,
standards and instructions and provides guidance to field components on
issues related to the retirement and survivors insurance program and
common to one or more of the other SSA programs in the area of
entitlement.
2. Develops and issues guidelines, directives, instructions and
operating procedures for such entitlement subject areas as
applications, insured status, veterans' benefits, railroad employment,
family relationships, dependency and support, proofs, school
attendance, decoupling and indexing of earnings, reduction of benefits
for age, family maximums, saving clauses, recomputations and
recalculations of benefits, period of disability computations, awards,
disallowances and abatements of claims, earnings records, claims
application forms, administrative finality, adjudicative standards,
evidence, documentation and conspicuous characteristics.
G. The Division of Payment Policy (S3J4).
1. Plans, develops and evaluates the operational policies,
standards and instructions and provides guidance to field components on
issues related to the supplemental security income program in the area
of payment policy.
2. Develops and issues guidelines, directives, instructions and
operating procedures for such payment policy subject areas as mandatory
and optional State supplemental payments, pass through of rate
increases, monitoring of fiscal information systems with the States,
maintenance of State agreements, food stamps, Medicaid, interim State
assistance, energy assistance, State data exchange systems and
postadjudicative issues.
H. The Division of Program Requirements Policy (S3J5).
1. Plans, develops and evaluates the operational policies,
standards and instructions and provides guidance to field components on
issues related to the supplemental security income program in the area
of program requirements policy.
2. Develops and issues guidelines, directives, instructions and
operating procedures for such program requirements subject areas as
eligibility requirements for in-kind income, living arrangements,
special classifications of income and medical social services, generic
income issues, deeming of income and resources, computation of income,
certain grandfather clauses, citizenship and residency, dependents,
other resources and programs to achieve self-support.
I. The Division of Program Management, Research and Demonstration
(S3J6).
1. Designs, manages and conducts studies to measure the impact and
effectiveness of the supplemental security income and the retirement
and survivors insurance program policies, procedures and programs on
the population.
2. Establishes, maintains and operates statistical program data
base extract systems to provide program information for internal and
external use; develops functional specifications and programs;
validates output and assists requestors in verifying final product.
3. Conducts retirement and survivors insurance and supplemental
security income research programs based on administrative records and
State and Federal data to formulate and evaluate policies and the
impact of legislation, to reduce errors, to implement redetermination
requirements, and to improve program implementation.
4. Manages demonstration cooperative agreements and initiatives to
target special populations and program issues. Evaluates the
effectiveness of demonstrations and initiatives and develops new and
revised policies and procedures to implement program improvements.
5. Coordinates and directs assignments and projects related to
program redesign and systems modernization efforts, including
development of program specifications for expert systems. Formulates,
plans and implements computer programs and other automation activities
in support of program policy, research and administrative needs.
Dated: October 3, 1994.
Ruth A. Pierce,
Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 94-28013 Filed 11-10-94; 8:45 am]
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