[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 
I[email protected].

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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