Statutes, Regs, POMS, other

SSA updated its POMS to clarify the policies regarding when collection of an SSI overpayment is against equity and good conscience. In response to advocates’ concerns for youth and adults transitioning from SSI to self-support, SSA is providing additional guidance to technicians for…

Emergency messages update existing operational instructions (mostly POMS) for SSA district offices and ODARs. These EMs are seldom integrated into the POMS. Click the "Go to Website" link below to conduct a limited search of EMs by subject matter. Full access to the database is available…

The POMS is a primary source of information used by Social Security employees to process claims for Social Security benefits. The public version of POMS is identical to the version used by Social Security employees except that it does not include internal data entry and sensitive content…

National Chief ALJ Frank Cristaudo has issued a memo reminding ALJs that receipt of UI benefits is one of many factors that must be considered in determining whether a claimant meets the disability standard, citing SSR 00-1c as supplying analogous reasoning.  The memo emphasizes that it is not…

The definition of disability requires that an individual be medically disabled, and unable to perform substantial gainful activity (SGA). After we find that a beneficiary is disabled, we have an obligation to periodically evaluate the impairment(s) to determine whether the disability continues or…

Comment period expired on August 19, 2008

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WAIS Document Retrieval

POMS Section: GN 02201.040 

Note -  these Proposed Regulations  this publication do not affect the FedRO step.  We are still waiting for SSA to publish final regs suspending the FedRO step!    Also note  -  these are PROPOSED regs - the comment period does not close until 12/28/07 - so nothing is going to change until…

The text of the new law, entitled the "Social Security Protection Actof 2004," is attached. It was signed by the President on3/2/04.  A summary of thenew law with the effective dates of the provision, prepared by SSA, isattached.  A memo on the new law by Ray Cebula of the…

Through HALLEX, the Associate Commissioner of Hearings and Appeals conveys guiding principles, procedural guidance and information to the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) staff. HALLEX includes policy statements resulting from an Appeals Council en banc meeting under the authority of the Appeals…

SSA link to the POMS section on Benefit Payment Offset. BPO is the reduction of Social Security's title II benefit payments to recover delinquent non-tax debts owed to other Federal agencies. It is an automated process performed by the Department of the Treasury's Financial…

GN 01050.009 DIB and DIB Auxiliary Paid Out of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund The prefix letter “H” identifies a benefit paid out of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Therefore, the proper claim symbols should be shown as…