Social Security Reorganization Act of 1987

Social Security Reorganization Act of 1987 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Agency, headed by a bipartisan Social Security Board. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Agency to administer the programs established by titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Act. Requires the Board to study and make recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy concerning the OASDI and SSI programs.

Establishes in the Agency: (1) a Commissioner of Social Security who constitutes the chief operating officer of the Agency; (2) an Inspector General; (3) an Office of Hearings and Appeals, to be headed by a Chief Administrative Law Judge; and (4) a Social Security Ombudsman who represents the concerns of the public regarding the OASDI and SSI programs to the Commissioner, the Board, and the President, and conducts studies and surveys of the administrative effectiveness and program policy goals of the Agency. Establishes a Citizens Advisory Committee within the Office of the Ombudsman which prepares and transmits to the Congress a biennial report assessing the administration and objectives of the OASDI and SSI programs. Authorizes the Committee to request, and assist in the preparation of, ombudsman studies and surveys of the Agency's administration of the OASDI and SSI programs.

Provides for the transfer to the Agency of all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the activities to be carried out by the Agency under this Act. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Requires the Board to make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Agency. Requires that appropriations requests by the Agency for staffing and personnel be based upon a comprehensive workforce plan. Provides for the apportionment of administrative costs. Requires that authority for automated processing procurement and facilities construction be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total cost of such acquisition. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provided available from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent that such amounts are not needed to meet current obligations for benefit payments. Specifies the authorities which are to be delegated to the Commissioner from the Administrator of the General Services Administration.

Sets forth technical and conforming amendments and rules of construction. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy for the programs he or she administers.

Requires the Board, the Comptroller General, and the Secretary to each submit to the Congress: (1) an assessment, five years after this Act's enactment, of the changes made by this Act; and (2) recommendations, within one year of this Act's enactment, for further changes.

Sets forth a beneficiary bill of rights under which: (1) all individuals are required to be treated fairly by the Board, the Commissioner and the Secretary; (2) the Board, the Commissioner, and the Secretary are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of age, sex, race, creed, color, handicap, national origin, or economic condition; (3) the Commissioner and the Secretary should maintain prompt, professional, and effective service which is accessible and responsive to the community; (4) benefit payments are to be timely and proper; (5) a personal conference with an official or employee of the Agency or Department of Health and Human Services is to be accorded to a beneficiary adversely affected by a determination of the Commissioner or the Secretary; and (6) a beneficiary is to receive, with respect to appealable administrative matters, a full, fair, and impartial evidentiary hearing before an administrative law judge.

Sets forth effective date and interim rule provisions.