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Revisions to Direct Fee Payment Rules

SSA · ssa-disability · Published 2015-01-06 · Effective 2015-02-05 · 80 FR 395

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Document number
2014-30921
Federal Register citation
80 FR 395
CFR reference
20 CFR 404
Type
Rule
Action
Final rules.
Category
ssa-disability
Agency
US Social Security Administration
Publication date
2015-01-06
Effective date
2015-02-05
Docket
Docket No. SSA-2010-0025

Abstract

We are adopting, with two revisions, our interim final rules that implemented amendments to the Social Security Act (Act) made by the Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010 (PRA). The interim final rules made permanent the direct fee payment rules for eligible non-attorney representatives under titles II and XVI of the Act and for attorney representatives under title XVI of the Act. They also revised some of our eligibility policies for non-attorney representatives under titles II and XVI of the Act. Based on public comment and subsequent inquiries, we are revising our rules to clarify that an eligible non- attorney representative's liability insurance policy must include malpractice coverage. We are also reaffirming that a business entity legally permitted to provide the required insurance in the States in which the non-attorney representative conducts business must underwrite the policies.

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