{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-084","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Social Security Administration","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"Social Security Administration (Andrew Saul, Commissioner)","authority":"42 U.S.C. 404(b), 1383(b); 20 C.F.R. 404.506, 416.550","instrument":"Interim Final Rule, Waiver of Recovery of Certain Overpayment Debts Accruing During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period, 85 Fed. Reg. 52909 (Aug. 27, 2020)","title":"Waiver of Recovery of Certain Overpayment Debts Accruing During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period","dateIssued":"2020-08-27","effective":"2020-08-27 (pandemic period defined as Mar. 1-Sept. 30, 2020)","end":"Pandemic period ended Sept. 30, 2020; rule applied to debts accruing in that period","startDate":"2020-08-27","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER","TELE"],"addressees":["beneficiaries and recipients; SSA field operations"],"clause":"we suspended certain actions due to the pandemic... limiting our field offices to in-person service, maximizing our employees\u0027 use of telework, and reprioritizing certain manual workloads to stop actions that could, under normal circumstances, have resulted in a reduction, suspension, or termination of benefits or payments... Beginning on August 31, 2020, we intend to resume workloads that we suspended beginning in mid-March 2020.","enforcement":"Overpayment recovery under 42 U.S.C. 404","functions":["OF administration (agency telework)","CB beneficiaries"],"notes":"SSA\u0027s own account of the suspension of field-office service and of workloads from mid-March 2020, published in the Federal Register.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-08-27/pdf/2020-18834.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":243666,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-084","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-084","citation":"Social Security Administration (Andrew Saul, Commissioner), Interim Final Rule, Waiver of Recovery of Certain Overpayment Debts Accruing During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period, 85 Fed. Reg. 52909 (Aug. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-084)","stateName":"","related":[]}