SSI Fraud Prevention Act of 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Fraud and Prevention and Related Provisions

Title II: Benefits for Philippino (sic) Veterans of World

War I

SSI Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 - Title I: Fraud and Prevention and Related Provisions - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as other related SSA titles, to outline various fraud-related prevention measures concerning the OASDI and SSI programs, including measures for: (1) making representative payees primarily liable for repayment of deceased recipient overpayments; (2) requiring provision of State prisoner information to Federal and federally assisted SSI benefit programs; (3) providing for recovery of SSI benefit overpayments from lump sum SSI benefit payments; (4) establishing rules under the OASDI and SSI programs relating to collection of overpayments from individuals convicted of crimes; (5) adding additional debt collection mechanisms to the SSI program from the OASDI program; (6) providing for the treatment of assets held in trust under SSI; (7) providing that an individual or the spouse of an individual who disposes of resources for less than fair market value under the SSI program on or after a described look-back date makes the individual ineligible for SSI benefits for a certain monthly period; (8) providing for a loss of benefits as a penalty for SSI- and OASDI-related fraud; (9) excluding attorneys and physicians convicted of specified violations, including any criminal violation relating to an initial application for, or continuing entitlement to or eligibility for, OASDI or SSI benefits, respectively, from participation in the social security disability programs under SSA titles II and XVI; (10) providing for annual reviews by State disability determination services under SSA title II of professionals conducting consultative examinations; (11) providing for periodic computer matches under SSA title XVI with Medicare and Medicaid (SSA titles XVIII and XIX, respectively) institutionalization data maintained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and (12) authorizing access to the Commissioner of Social Security under SSA title XVI to any financial institution record with respect to the applicant for, or recipient of, SSI benefits whenever the Commissioner determines such record is needed with respect to a benefit or eligibility determination.

Provides that whenever the Commissioner of Social Security requests information from a State for the purpose of ascertaining an individual's eligibility for, or correct amount of, OASDI or SSI benefits, the standards of the Commissioner promulgated pursuant to any Federal law for the use, safeguarding, and disclosure of information are deemed to meet any standards of the State that would otherwise apply to the disclosure of information by the State to the Commissioner.

Directs the Commissioner to conduct a study and report to specified congressional committees on possible measures to improve fraud prevention with regard to SSA title II disability benefits and administrative processing with regard to SSA title XVI benefits.

Amends SSA title VII (Administration) to require inclusion by the Commissioner in the annual Social Security Administration budget of the amounts necessary to combat applicant and beneficiary fraud.

Title II: Benefits for Philippino (sic) Veterans of World War II - Amends SSA title XVI to provide for reduced SSI benefits to certain individuals who served in the military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while such forces were in the service of U.S. armed forces during World War II who move back to the Philippines, and for so long as they reside in the Philippines.