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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People ActSection 2 › Proposal

The two agencies are to agree how the cost of State death data is shared

To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The two agencies are to agree how the cost of State death data is shared

The document says “shallWho acts: Commissioner of Social Security, agency operating the Do Not Pay working systemHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“enter into an agreement based upon an agreed upon methodology, which covers the proportional share of State death data costs, which the Commissioner of Social Security and the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system may periodically review”

To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, Sec. 2

The second sentence of the new paragraph (11). While the data described in the first sentence is being provided, the Commissioner of Social Security and the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system are to enter into this agreement. It rests on an agreed upon methodology, it covers the proportional share of State death data costs, and the two may periodically review it. The Act does not set the methodology, name a share, or say what follows if no agreement is reached.

What the document actually says

“enter into an agreement based upon an agreed upon methodology, which covers the proportional share of State death data costs, which the Commissioner of Social Security and the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system may periodically review”

To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The two offices must sign a deal. It sets how much of the cost each one pays. They may look at it again from time to time.

What this is about

States charge for the death records they send. Someone has to pay that bill. The deal splits it. The law does not say how they must work the split out.

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