Sec. 4. Plan for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of death data maintained and distributed by the Social Security Administration
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit to Congress a plan, which shall include an estimate of the cost of implementing the policies and procedures described in such plan, to improve the accuracy and completeness of the death data (including, where feasible and cost-effective, data regarding individuals who are not eligible for or receiving benefits under titles II or XVI of the Social Security Act) maintained and distributed by the Social Security Administration.
In developing the plan required under subsection (a), the Commissioner of Social Security shall consider whether to include the following elements: Procedures for— identifying individuals who are extremely elderly, as determined by the Commissioner, but for whom no record of death exists in the records of the Social Security Administration; verifying the information contained in the records of the Social Security Administration with respect to individuals described in subparagraph
(A)and correcting any inaccuracies; and where appropriate, disclosing corrections made to the records of the Social Security Administration. Improved policies and procedures for identifying and correcting erroneous death records, including policies and procedures for— identifying individuals listed as dead who are actually alive; identifying individuals listed as alive who are actually dead; and allowing individuals or survivors of deceased individuals to notify the Social Security Administration of potential errors. Improved policies and procedures to identify and correct discrepancies in the records of the Social Security Administration, including social security number records. A process for employing statistical analysis of the death data maintained and distributed by the Social Security Administration to determine an estimate of the number of erroneous records. Recommendations for legislation, as necessary.