Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5380 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into agreements with States to share data related to individuals subject to guardianship, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 10, 2019 Mr. CRIST (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into agree- ments with States to share data related to individuals subject to guardianship, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senior Guardianship 4 Social Security Protection Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Dec 14, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5380.IH H5380 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5380 IH SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING RELATED TO STATE 1 GUARDIANSHIP STATUS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(j)(11) of the Social 3 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(11)) is amended— 4 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub- 5 paragraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph 6 (A) the following: 7 ‘‘(B) The Commissioner of Social Security shall— 8 ‘‘(i) enter into agreements with each State for 9 the purpose of sharing and matching data, on an 10 automated monthly basis, in the system of records 11 of the Social Security Administration with the sys- 12 tem of records of each State to identify individuals 13 subject to guardianship in the State who, with re- 14 spect to such month, are entitled to benefits under 15 this title that are certified for payment to a rep- 16 resentative payee; and 17 ‘‘(ii) in any case in which the guardianship ar- 18 rangement for such an individual has changed in 19 such month, redetermine the appropriate representa- 20 tive payee for such individual.’’; and 21 (2) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by 22 paragraph (1)), by amending clause (i) to read as 23 follows— 24 ‘‘(i) the term ‘State’— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Dec 14, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5380.IH H5380 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5380 IH ‘‘(I) when used in subparagraph (A), has 1 the meaning given such term for purposes of 2 part E of title IV; and 3 ‘‘(II) when used in subparagraph (B), has 4 the meaning given such term for purposes of 5 subtitle B of title XX;’’. 6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 7 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to months begin- 8 ning on or after the date that is 90 days after the date 9 of the enactment of this Act. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Dec 14, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5380.IH H5380 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS