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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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