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Subchapter List for Posteligibility

GN 026: Posteligibility

GN 02600: Posteligibility

GN 02600.000: Posteligibility - Table of Contents

GN 02602: Continuing Eligibility

GN 02602.000: Continuing Eligibility - Table of Contents

GN 02602.005: Post-Entitlement Changes that Affect Payment of Title II Benefits

GN 02602.010: Nonpayment of Title II benefits when convicted and penalized for crimes against the United States

GN 02602.015: Nonpayment of Title II Benefits under the Hiss Act

GN 02602.020: Unpaid Maritime Tax Deductions

GN 02602.025: Priority in Applying Provisions Affecting Benefit Payments

GN 02602.030: Processing Required Adjustment Actions in Conjunction with Other Adjudicative Actions - Policy

GN 02602.040: Requirements for Resumption of Benefits

GN 02602.050: Reports of Death

GN 02602.051: Processing Reports of Death Using the Death Information Processing System (DIPS)

GN 02602.065: Types of Death Alerts

GN 02602.070: Procedure for Resolving Death Alerts

GN 02602.080: Suspending Other Beneficiaries on the Payment Record in the PSC due to Reports of Death

GN 02602.200: HI System DOD Alert

GN 02602.210: Date of birth alerts

GN 02602.302: Reinstatements Following Termination

GN 02602.304: Beneficiary Recontact Program

GN 02602.306: Processing Completed Form SSA-1588-SM (Beneficiary Recontact Reports) and Handling Inquiries

GN 02602.308: Processing Form SSA-1588-SM (Beneficiary Recontact Report) Nonresponders and RETAP Alerts

GN 02602.310: Form SSA-1588-SM (Beneficiary Recontact Report) - Exhibit

GN 02602.320: Whereabouts Unknown for Retirement and Survivor (RSI) insurance beneficiaries

GN 02602.400: Processing Reports of Divorce

GN 02602.500: The Centenarian Project

GN 02602.510: Scheduling a Centenarian Interview

GN 02602.520: Guidelines for Conducting the Centenarian Interview

GN 02602.530: Unable to Locate the Centenarian

GN 02602.540: Death of the Centenarian

GN 02602.550: The Centenarian Project Website

GN 02602.560: The Centenarian Project Worksheets

GN 02602.570: Exhibit – Worksheet – Face-To Face Interview

GN 02602.571: Exhibit – Worksheet – Telephone Interview

GN 02602.572: Exhibit – Centenarian Worksheet – Third Party Interview

GN 02602.573: Exhibit – Worksheet – Unable To Locate

GN 02602.578: Termination of Entitlement for Title II Beneficiaries Who are Age 115 or Older

GN 02602.600: The Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02602.610: Scheduling an Interview for the Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02602.620: Guidelines for Conducting Interviews for the Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02602.630: Unable to Locate Procedures for the Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02602.640: Death Procedures for the Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02602.650: Website for the Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02602.660: Worksheets for the Medicare Non-utilization Project (MNUP)

GN 02603: Readjustment Procedures

GN 02603.000: Readjustment Procedures - Table of Contents

GN 02603.010: Readjustment Procedures General Information

GN 02603.020: Deduction before Reduction and Facility of Payment

GN 02603.040: Events Subject to Deduction before Reduction

GN 02603.045: Deductions Because of Dual Entitlement

GN 02603.050: Computing Deductions Before Reduction

GN 02603.055: Deductions When Workers' Compensation (WC) or Public Disability Benefit (PDB) Offset Applies

GN 02603.060: Deduction Before Reduction Examples

GN 02603.075: Facility of Payment Provision

GN 02603.080: Suspension Under Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Provisions

GN 02603.090: Same or Separate Household

GN 02603.100: Facility of Payment Examples

GN 02604: Penalties

GN 02604.100: When to Assess a Penalty for Late Reports

GN 02604.110: Determining if a Report is Late

GN 02604.115: Penalties Regarding the Receipt and Acceptance of Benefits

GN 02604.120: Criteria for Assessing a Penalty

GN 02604.130: Calculating Penalty Violations

GN 02604.140: Calculating Monthly Benefit Credited (MBC) - Penalties

GN 02604.150: Collection of Penalties

GN 02604.160: Revoking a Penalty for Good Cause

GN 02604.170: Administrative Tolerances for a Penalty

GN 02604.180: Processing Instructions for Annual Earnings Test and the Penalties for Late Filing

GN 02604.190: Processing Instructions for Foreign Work Test or Child-in-Care Penalties

GN 02604.200: Appeal of Penalty and Good Cause

GN 02604.400: Administrative Sanctions – General Information

GN 02604.405: Administrative Sanctions - Policy

GN 02604.410: Identifying Administrative Sanction Cases

GN 02604.415: Referring a Potential Administrative Sanction Case to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) - Field Office (FO) Procedure

GN 02604.430: Administrative Sanction Determination

GN 02604.435: Imposing the Administrative Sanction

GN 02604.440: Suspense Actions for Administrative Sanctions Cases

GN 02604.445: Resumption of Benefits after an Administrative Sanction

GN 02604.447: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions in Administrative Sanction Cases

GN 02604.455: Title XVI Supplemental Security Income Notices

GN 02604.460: Title II Social Security Notices

GN 02605: Processing Change of Address

GN 02605.000: Processing Change of Address - Table of Contents

GN 02605.002: my Social Security Change of Address (myCOA)

GN 02605.005: Questionable Addresses-COA

GN 02605.015: Direct Input of COA by TSCs and FOs

GN 02605.030: Representative Payee Cases for COA

GN 02605.035: COA in SSI Cases

GN 02605.040: Notice of COA and Another Event

GN 02605.045: Mass COA Reported by USPS

GN 02605.046: National Change of Address (NCOA) Processing

GN 02605.055: Title II Undeliverable Mail — Change of Address (COA)

GN 02605.060: Title XVI Undeliverable Notices

GN 02605.200: Change of Address (COA) – Domestic to Foreign

GN 02605.210: United States Absences and the Effect on Benefits

GN 02605.220: U.S. Address Used by a Beneficiary Abroad

GN 02605.230: Foreign Address Used by a Beneficiary Abroad

GN 02605.240: Direct Deposit Used by a Beneficiary Abroad – COA

GN 02605.250: Change of Address (COA) – Foreign to Foreign

GN 02605.260: Change of Address (COA) – Foreign to Domestic

GN 02605.700: ZIP Code Software and Change of Address (COA) Action

GN 02605.705: Erroneous ZIP Code Processing – Change of Address (COA)

GN 02605.710: Title II ZIP Code Flags – Change of Address (COA) and National Change of Address (NCOA)

GN 02605.900: Postal Addressing Standards

GN 02605.910: Postal Abbreviations

GN 02605.915: Foreign Postal Codes

GN 02606: Processing Field Office Requests for Action/Information

GN 02606.000: Processing Field Office Requests for Action/Information - Table of Contents

GN 02606.150: Establishing Followup Dates

GN 02606.170: When Diary Matures

GN 02606.200: PC Reply - Exhibit

GN 02606.220: Accessing/Initiating the PC Reply

GN 02607: Prisoner Provisions

GN 02607.000: Prisoner Provisions - Table of Contents

GN 02607.001: Provisions for Confinements Beginning 04/01/2000 and Continuing

GN BOS02607.001: Connecticut Department of Corrections Release Programs

GN PHI02607.001: Prisoner Provisions Pre 4/1/00

GN 02607.050: Title XVI Prisoner Provision

GN 02607.160: Title II Prisoner Suspension Provisions

GN 02607.200: Special Legal Considerations For Prisoner Suspensions

GN 02607.310: Title II Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) Provisions

GN 02607.330: Title II Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Provisions

GN 02607.350: Title II Sexually Dangerous Person (SDP) Provisions

GN BOS02607.360: Identifying Sexually Dangerous Persons

GN CHI02607.360: Identifying Sexually Dangerous Persons (RTS 2-001 - 04/2003)

GN KC02607.360: Identifying Sexually Dangerous Persons (TN 7 – 10/2004)

GN PHI02607.360: Identifying Sexually Dangerous Persons (TN 02 - 01/2012)

GN 02607.400: Prisoner (Inmate) Reporting Agreements

GN 02607.410: SSA’s Prisoner Systems and Matching Operation

GN 02607.420: Incarceration Reporting and Control System (IRCS)

GN 02607.460: Field Office Processing of Inmate Reports

GN 02607.465: Transferring Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS) Records

GN 02607.500: Processing Claims When a Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS) Record Exists

GN 02607.510: Enumeration Verification System (EVS) Codes On PUPS Records And PUPS Alerts

GN 02607.520: PUPS Skeleton Records

GN 02607.530: Correcting PUPS Records With Missing Inmate Data

GN BOS02607.530: Processing Pups Alerts From The Massachusetts Department Of Correction Containing The Facility Code MA0060

GN BOS02607.531: Processing PUPS Alerts from the Vermont Department of Corrections Containing the Facility Code VT0012 (TN 2-96 -- 11/2004)

GN 02607.550: Payments to Prisoners and Correctional Institutions

GN 02607.600: Developing Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS) Records and Alerts

GN BOS02607.650: Inmate Data Development and Verification Processing for Massachusetts Department of Correction (3MAP) (TN 2-93 - 6/2018)

GN BOS02607.651: Verifying Information From The Connecticut Department Of Corrections

GN 02607.670: Obtaining Missing Information on Reporters and Facilities

GN 02607.680: Third Party Sources To Use to Locate Missing Inmate Information

GN BOS02607.680: Third Party Sources to Use to Locate Missing Inmate Information (TN 2-95 - 10/2004)

GN 02607.700: Suspending Title II Benefits To Prisoners, NGRIs, Incompetent to Stand Trial or Sexually Dangerous Persons By Using PUPS

GN 02607.705: Suspending Title XVI Payments

GN 02607.710: Selecting the Correct Inmate Report for Processing When Multiple Reports Exist

GN 02607.720: Processing Cases Through PUPS Where the Inmate Is Not Currently Convicted/Commitment

GN 02607.730: Processing Cases Through PUPS After the Conviction/Commitment Is Confirmed

GN 02607.740: PUPS Automated Processing Exclusions

GN 02607.750: T2R Exceptions

GN 02607.760: Beneficiary Protests Suspension of Title II Benefits

GN 02607.770: Recipient Appeals Suspension of Title XVI Payments

GN 02607.780: Processing Title II and Title XVI Concurrent Prisoner Cases

GN 02607.790: Reviewing and Analyzing Title II Federal Bureau of Prison PUPS Alerts/Records

GN 02607.792: Processing Title II 3BOP PUPS Alerts or Records

GN 02607.794: Additional Processing Instructions for Suspension and Reinstatement Actions on 3BOP PUPS Alerts/Records

GN 02607.795: 3BOP Inmate Status Codes On PUPS Records/Alerts

GN 02607.800: SSA's Title II and Title XVI Incentive Payment Programs

GN 02607.820: Requesting Manual Incentive Payments

GN 02607.830: Correctional or Mental Health Institution Problems Involving Incentive Payments

GN 02607.832: Recovery of Incorrectly Paid Prisoner Incentive Payments

GN 02607.840: Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (Title II) Reinstatement Policies for Prisoners

GN 02607.850: Title II Reinstatement Policies for NGRIs

GN DEN02607.850: Title II Reinstatement Policies for Colorado Insanity Acquittees On Temporary Removal Release

GN 02607.852: Reinstating Benefits to Individuals Found Incompetent to Stand Trial

GN 02607.854: Reinstating Benefits to Sexually Dangerous Persons

GN 02607.860: Processing Title II Benefit Reinstatements

GN 02607.870: Processing a Resumption Action for an Incorrect Title II Benefit Suspension

GN 02607.875: Title XVI Reinstatement Procedures for Prisoner Suspension (N22)

GN 02607.880: PC/OCO-ODO Processing of Prisoner or NGRI, Incompetent to Stand Trial, or Sexually Dangerous Person Inmate Cases

GN 02607.890: Requests for Prisoner Record Changes, Updates, or Deletions to the Prisoner Update Processing Systems (PUPS)

GN 02607.970: Exhibits - Advance Notification Letters

GN 02607.972: Prisoner and NGRI Notices and Paragraphs

GN 02607.975: Enumeration Verification System (EVS) and Inmate Status Codes on PUPS Alerts and Records

GN 02607.995: Processing of Title II Prisoner Systems Exclusions and Exceptions

GN 02608: Government Pension Offset

GN 02608.000: Government Pension Offset - Table of Contents

GN 02608.100: Government Pension Offset (GPO) Provision

GN BOS02608.100: General Rules for Government Pension Offset (GPO) (TN 2-87 - 4/2003)

GN DAL02608.100: General Rules for Government Pension Offset (GPO) (RTN 07, 10/2013)

GN 02608.101: Exemption Due to Application Filed Before December 1, 1977

GN 02608.102: Exemption for the Last Day of Employment Covered Under Social Security and State or Local Periodic Government Benefits

GN DAL02608.102: Exemption – The Last Day of Employment Covered Under Social Security – State or Local Periodic Government Benefits (RTN 6, 01/2010)

GN 02608.103: Exemption Based on Federal Employment Covered Under Social Security

GN 02608.104: Exemption Due to Pension Eligibility Before December 1982 and 1977 Requirements Met

GN DAL02608.104: Exemption - Pension Eligibility Before December 1982 and 1977 Requirement Met

GN 02608.105: Exemption Due to Pension Eligibility Before July 1983 and One-Half Support Met

GN 02608.106: Exemption Due to Pension Eligibility In November 1982 or June 1983

GN 02608.107: Exemption for Last 60 Months of Employment Covered Under Social Security

GN 02608.200: Processing Initial Claims

GN 02608.300: Post-entitlement Processing

GN 02608.301: Alerts from OPM/MBR Match (GPO)

GN 02608.400: Determining Pension Applicability and Pension Amount

GN PHI02608.400: COLAS for Federal Retirees

GN 02608.401: Applying Government Pension Offset (GPO)

GN 02608.500: Exhibit - Form SSA-3885, Government Pension Questionnaire

GN 02608.600: Exhibit - Form SSA-L4163, Employer Questionnaire

GN 02608.700: Exclusion of Military Reserve Pensions from the GPO Provision

GN 02610: Title II/Title XVI (Windfall) Offset

GN 02610.000: Title II/Title XVI (Windfall) Offset - Table of Contents

GN 02610.005: Introduction to Title II/Title XVI Windfall Offset

GN 02610.010: How to Identify Potential Windfall Offset Cases

GN 02610.014: SSI Benefits Subject to Windfall Offset

GN 02610.016: When Title II/Title XVI Windfall Offset Applies

GN 02610.018: Applying Title II Offset to Concurrent Cases

GN 02610.022: The Windfall Offset Period

GN 02610.035: Computing Manual Windfall Offset Amount

GN 02610.036: Recomputations of Title II Offset

GN 02610.037: How to Compute Title II Offset In Couples Cases Where Offset Was Previously Computed For One Member

GN 02610.040: How To Manually Compute Title II Offset For Both Members of An SSI Couple Simultaneously

GN 02610.041: How To Apply Offset

GN 02610.042: Computing Noncountable Income (NCI) - Offset

GN 02610.044: Title II Offset Based on Title XVI Presumptive Disability Payments

GN 02610.045: How To Complete SSI Offset Summary — SSA-4346-U2

GN 02610.047: How To Complete Section I of Record of Manual Title II Computation — SSA-4345-U2

GN 02610.049: How To Complete Sections II and III of SSA-4345-U2

GN 02610.050: Complex Offset Situations with Case Examples

GN 02610.052: How To Process Title II Offset Cases When An Attorney Fee Is Involved - Determinations Made Before July 1, 1991

GN 02610.053: How To Process Title II Offset Cases When a Representative Fee Is Involved - Action to Apply Offset Taken On Or After July 1, 1991 (Second Day Action In The PC)

GN 02610.055: Processing Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Decisions in the Processing Center (PC) when Windfall Offset May be Involved

GN 02610.056: Jurisdiction of Offset Computations

GN 02610.058: Administrative Finality and Windfall Offset Computations

GN 02610.060: Reconsiderations and Offset - Process

GN 02610.061: Acquiescence Ruling On Offset (Dion and Fagner)

GN 02610.062: Form SSA-4345-U2 Record of Manual Title II Offset Computation - Exhibit

GN 02610.064: Acquiescence Ruling (AR) On Offset (Mazza)

GN 02610.065: How to Correct Cases When The Title II Benefits Are Paid First In The Third Circuit - Offset

GN 02610.067: Sample Manual Notice of Award When Applying The AR After Title XVI Offset Was Applied - Exhibit

GN 02613: Title II/Title XVI Fugitive Felons and Parole and Probation Violators

GN 02613.000: Title II/Title XVI Fugitive Felons and Parole and Probation Violators - Table of Contents

GN 02613.001: How Fugitive Status Affects Title II Benefits

GN 02613.010: Title II Fugitive Suspension Provisions

GN 02613.025: Good Cause Provisions

GN 02613.030: Beneficiary Wants to Establish Good Cause

GN 02613.050: Initial Claims — Determining Fugitive Status

GN 02613.100: Fugitive Felon SSA Control File (FFSCF)

GN 02613.150: Receiving and Processing Warrant Information

GN 02613.175: Obtaining Missing Warrant Information or Incorrect Identity on Warrants

GN 02613.250: Warrants from Other Countries

GN 02613.450: Protest of Suspension and Deferral of Overpayment Recovery

GN 02613.500: Reinstating Benefits

GN 02613.600: Resuming Benefits

GN 02613.740: Field Office Security Measures

GN 02613.760: Processing T2 Suspension Exception Cases from POS/FFEL

GN 02613.770: PSC Processing of T2 Suspension Exceptions from the POS/FFEL

GN 02613.780: Exclusions to Reinstatement Processing from FFEL

GN 02613.800: Fugitive Felon Fowlkes Court Case Background

GN 02613.810: The Effect of the Fowlkes Acquiescence Ruling (Fowlkes AR) on Title II Fugitive Felon Suspensions

GN 02613.815: Title II Claims Processing Under the Fowlkes AR

GN 02613.820: Receiving and Processing Warrant Information Under the Fowlkes Acquiescence Ruling (AR)

GN 02613.830: Requests Received at SSA Offices for Relief Under the Fowlkes Acquiescence Ruling (AR)

GN 02613.840: Granting Requests for Relief Under the Fowlkes Acquiescence Ruling (AR)

GN 02613.850: Beneficiary Moves Into or Out of Second Circuit

GN 02613.855: Fugitive Felon Fowlkes Case Processing FAX Form

GN 02613.856: Suggested Language to Use in Fowlkes Case Processing

GN 02613.860: Martinez Court Case Settlement Overview

GN 02613.865: Title II Post-2006 Martinez Settlement Relief Processing

GN 02613.867: Title II Post 2006 Martinez Settlement Notice and Paragraphs

GN 02613.868: Title II Pre-2007 Martinez Settlement Relief Processing

GN 02613.869: Title II Pre 2007 Martinez Settlement Notice and Paragraphs

GN 02613.870: Title II Martinez Settlement —Medicare, CDRs, Deceased Beneficiaries Incarceration and Questionable Mailing Addresses

GN 02613.875: Title XVI Post-2006 Martinez Settlement Relief Processing

GN 02613.880: Title XVI Pre-2007 Martinez Settlement Relief Processing

GN 02613.885: Inquiries about Martinez Settlement Relief Received at SSA

GN 02613.900: Offense Code Categories for Crimes

GN 02613.910: Medical Impairment Codes for Good Cause Decisions

GN 02613.915: Law Enforcement Action (LEA) Result Codes

GN 02613.920: Fugitive Felon Status Codes

GN 02613.925: EVS Fugitive Felon Codes

GN 02613.930: Good Cause Reasons

GN 02613.940: Fugitive Felon Advance Notice Requirements

GN 02613.960: Fugitive Felon Notices and Paragraphs

GN 02613.980: Fugitive Felon Processing Exclusion FAX Instructions

GN 02615: Court Case Processing for Fugitive Felon and Parole and Probation Violators

GN 02615.000: Court Case Processing for Fugitive Felon and Parole and Probation Violators - Table of Contents

GN 02615.100: Clark Court Order: Overview

GN 02615.110: Title II Clark Court Order Relief

GN 02615.115: Title II Clark Court Order Automated Reinstatement Relief

GN 02615.120: Title II Clark Court Order Manual Processing

GN 02615.130: Title II Clark Court Order Administrative Appeal Processing

GN 02615.135: Other Clark Court Order Case Processing Issues

GN 02615.140: Medicare Relief for Clark Class Members

GN 02615.160: Clark Court Order Notices and Paragraphs

GN 02615.180: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Clark Relief Processing

GN 02615.185: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Clark Relief Appeals

GN 02615.190: Clark Court Order Relief Inquiries

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