Sec. 204. REASSESSMENT OF PAYEE SELECTION AND REPLACEMENT POLICIES

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## SEC. 204 REASSESSMENT OF PAYEE SELECTION AND REPLACEMENT POLICIES ###

(a)In General The Commissioner of Social Security shall conduct, with opportunity for public comment, a review and reassessment of— ####

(1)the appropriateness of its order of preference for selecting representative payees, including payees who may be creditors of the beneficiary or who are private, for-profit institutions; and ####

(2)the effectiveness of its policy and operational procedures in properly determining when to change a representative payee, including— #####

(A)from a payee that has a higher order of preference (such as a family member) to a payee that has a lower order of preference (such as a creditor); or #####

(B)when a request to change payees arises from someone other than the beneficiary. ###

(b)Report Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and make publicly available a report on the results of the review and reassessment under subsection (a).