42 U.S.C. § 1006 — Applications and furnishing of information

submitted 91 years ago by Pub. L. 106-169 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 134 words · no verdicts yet

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The Commissioner of Social Security may require applications, information, materials, and reports needed to administer this subchapter. Benefits may not be awarded solely from an applicant’s statements; material information must be independently verified.

(a) In general. Subject to subsection (b), the Commissioner of Social Security must set requirements for filing applications, supplying information and other materials, and reporting events and changed circumstances when needed to administer this subchapter effectively and efficiently. (b) Verification. Those requirements must prevent entitlement from being decided solely on the individual’s statements about qualifications or other important facts. They must require verification of important information from independent or related outside sources and collection of additional information as needed, so benefits go only to qualified individuals or their representative payees and are paid in the correct amounts.

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(a) In general

The Commissioner of Social Security shall, subject to subsection (b), prescribe such requirements with respect to the filing of applications, the furnishing of information and other material, and the reporting of events and changes in circumstances, as may be necessary for the effective and efficient administration of this subchapter.

(b) Verification requirement

The requirements prescribed by the Commissioner of Social Security under subsection (a) shall preclude any determination of entitlement to benefits under this subchapter solely on the basis of declarations by the individual concerning qualifications or other material facts, and shall provide for verification of material information from independent or collateral sources, and the procurement of additional information as necessary in order to ensure that the benefits are provided only to qualified individuals (or their representative payees) in correct amounts.

Source credit: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VIII, § 806, as added Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1846.)

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1935Enacted · Pub. L. 106-169 · 113 Stat. 1846

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