The largest cause of SSI overpayments is the extremely difficult process of reporting wages to SSA and getting SSA to make timely adjustments thereafter. A solution to this problem was already provided 8 years ago in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 where Congress authorized SSA to obtain data directly from payroll providers. SSA has finally issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on their anticipated “Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration.”

The full text of the proposed rule can be read below, or accessed online here. The commenting period is open until April 15, 2024. NOSSCR will be submitting comments that we will share at a later date. We encourage our members to do the same. You can submit formal comments here.