Title 5, Part 849 — Representative Payees

Applicability and purpose.

Definitions.

Implementing directives.

When to make payment to a representative payee.

Payment of annuity while finding a suitable representative payee.

Information considered in determining whether to appoint a representative payee.

Information considered in selecting a representative payee.

Order of preference in selecting a representative payee.

Individuals who may not serve as a representative payee.

Selecting a representative payee.

Notice of the determination to select a representative payee.

Responsibilities of a representative payee.

Use of payments.

Accountability of a representative payee.

Misuse of benefits by a representative payee.

Liability for misused funds.

When a new representative payee will be selected.

When representative payments will be stopped.

Transfer of conserved or accumulated funds.