SSA creates information collection system to track beneficiaries' absences from the U.S. to combat improper payments

Original Date Announced
March 13, 2019
The Social Security Administration (SSA) issued a notice indicating its intent to establish a new system of records entitled Travel and Border Crossing Records to collect information about applicants, beneficiaries, and recipients of SSA benefits under Titles II, XVI, and XVII of the Social Security Act who have had absences from the U.S. to establish or verify initial or ongoing entitlement to or eligibility for benefits or payments under Titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act to combat "improper payments." SSA will use the information in the new system to make initial and reconsideration decisions in Medicare entitlement claims and to make determinations on physical presence in the U.S. and will update the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR) system of records with those determinations. [ID #945]
SSA Notice of New Travel and Border Crossing Records System of Records

Fully in Effect

Status: Proposed

Trump Administration Action: Forms and Information Collection

Subject Matter: Citizenship Immigrant Visas Humanitarian

Agencies Affected: SSA

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