[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4078]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Final Report of the Representative Payment Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final report.
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SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making available
the final report of the Representative Payment Advisory Committee.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final report are available, free of charge,
and may be requested by writing to: SSA, Representative Payment
Advisory Committee Staff, 3-M-1 Operations Building, 6401 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235. You may also request a copy of the report
by calling: (410) 966-4688. The report is also available for viewing on
SSA's Home Page of the Internet at http://www.ssa.gov.
Written comments may be sent: by mail--SSA, Representative Payment
Advisory Committee Staff, 3-M-1 Operations Building, 6401 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235; or by telefax--(410) 966-0980; via
Internet_adcom@ssa.gov.
DATES: If you would like to submit comments, they should be postmarked
on or before May 21, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SSA, Representative Payment Advisory
Committee Staff, 3-M-1 Operations Building, 6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235; telephone--(410) 966-4688.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Representative Payment Advisory
Committee was chartered in July 1995 to undertake a comprehensive
examination of SSA representative payment policy in five broad areas:
(1) Beneficiary incapability; (2) payee selection; (3) payee
recruitment and support; (4) standards for payee selection; (5) payee
accountability and oversight. The Committee was established to take a
fresh look at SSA's representative payment program to ensure that it
continues to protect our nation's most vulnerable citizens.
The Committee heard public testimony in Washington, D.C., Chicago,
IL, San Francisco, CA and Atlanta, GA. The Committee also held
deliberative meetings in Baltimore, MD in April, June, and September
1996. We announced these meetings in the Federal Register. The public
was also invited to comment directly to the Committee during the period
July 1995 to September 1996. The Committee submitted its final report
to SSA on November 7, 1996.
After the close of the public comment period, SSA may consider all
comments received in developing initiatives to improve the
representative payment program.
Dated: February 12, 1997.
Georgina Harding,
Staff Director, Representative Payment Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-4078 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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