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Title 20Employees' BenefitsPart / Section
Chapter IIISocial Security Administration400 – 499
Part 416Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled416.101 – 416.2227
Subpart EPayment of Benefits, Overpayments, and Underpayments416.501 – 416.590
§ 416.501Payment of benefits: General.
§ 416.502Manner of payment.
§ 416.503Minimum monthly benefit amount.
§ 416.520Emergency advance payments.
§ 416.525Reimbursement to States for interim assistance payments.
§ 416.532Method of payment when the essential person resides with more than one eligible person.
§ 416.533Transfer or assignment of benefits.
§ 416.534Garnishment of payments after disbursement.
§ 416.535Underpayments and overpayments.
§ 416.536Underpayments—defined.
§ 416.537Overpayments—defined.
§ 416.538Amount of underpayment or overpayment.
§ 416.542Underpayments—to whom underpaid amount is payable.
§ 416.543Underpayments—applied to reduce overpayments.
§ 416.545Paying large past-due benefits in installments.
§ 416.546Payment into dedicated accounts of past-due benefits for eligible individuals under age 18 who have a representative payee.
§ 416.550Waiver of adjustment or recovery—when applicable.
§ 416.551Waiver of adjustment or recovery—effect of.
§ 416.552Waiver of adjustment or recovery—without fault.
§ 416.553Waiver of adjustment or recovery—defeat the purpose of the supplemental security income program.
§ 416.554Waiver of adjustment or recovery—against equity and good conscience.
§ 416.555Waiver of adjustment or recovery—impede administration.
§ 416.556Waiver of adjustment or recovery—countable resources in excess of the limits prescribed in § 416.1205 by $50 or less.
§ 416.557Personal conference.
§ 416.558Notice relating to overpayments and underpayments.
§ 416.560Recovery—refund.
§ 416.570Adjustment.
§ 416.57110-percent limitation of recoupment rate—overpayment.
§ 416.572Are title II and title VIII benefits subject to adjustment to recover title XVI overpayments?
§ 416.573How much will we withhold from your title II and title VIII benefits to recover a title XVI overpayment?
§ 416.574Will you receive notice of our intention to apply cross-program recovery?
§ 416.575When will we begin cross-program recovery from your current monthly benefits?
§ 416.580Referral of overpayments to the Department of the Treasury for tax refund offset—General.
§ 416.581Notice to overpaid person.
§ 416.582Review within SSA that an overpayment is past due and legally enforceable.
§ 416.583Findings by SSA.
§ 416.584Review of our records related to the overpayment.
§ 416.585Suspension of offset.
§ 416.586Tax refund insufficient to cover amount of overpayment.
§ 416.590Are there additional methods for recovery of title XVI benefit overpayments?