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Subchapter List for Representation and Representative's Fee

GN 039: Representation and Representative's Fee

GN 03900: Representation and Representative's Fee

GN 03900.000: Representation and Representative's Fee - Table of Contents

GN 03905: Forms, Exhibits and Notices for Representatives

GN 03905.000: Forms, Exhibits and Notices for Representatives - Table of Contents

GN 03905.001: Overview of Forms, Exhibits, and Notices

GN 03905.005: Representation Referral List Model Notice

GN 03905.010: Form SSA-1699 Representative Registration

GN 03905.015: Form SSA-1694 Entity Registration and Taxpayer Information

GN 03905.016: Entity Registration Notices

GN 03905.020: Registration, Appointment and Services for Representatives (RASR) Registration Notices

GN 03905.025: Form SSA-1128 Representative Involved

GN 03905.030: Forms SSA-1696 Appointment, Revocation, and Withdrawal

GN 03905.035: Registration, Appointment, and Services for Representatives (RASR) Appointment, Revocation, and Withdrawal Notices

GN 03905.036: Assignment of Direct Payment Notices

GN 03905.040: Form SSA-1129 Representative Fee Case Past-due Benefits Summary

GN 03905.050: Registration, Appointment and Services for Representatives (RASR) Direct Payment Change Notice

GN 03905.055: Invalid Appointment Form Notices

GN 03905.060: Form SSA-1693 Fee Agreement for Representation before SSA

GN 03905.065: Exhibits for Fee Authorization under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03905.070: Form SSA-1560 Petition to Obtain Approval of a Fee for Representing a Claimant

GN 03905.075: Fee Petition Processing Notices

GN 03905.080: Form SSA-1178 Evaluation of Fee Petition for Representation

GN 03905.085: Form SSA-1560A Authorization to Charge and Collect a Fee

GN 03905.090: Notice for Direct Fee Payment to Representative from TXVI Past-Due Benefits

GN 03905.095: Excess Fee Payment to Entity Notices

GN 03910: Representation of Claimants

GN 03910.000: Representation of Claimants - Table of Contents

GN 03910.001: Terms and Definitions as Applied to this Subchapter

GN 03910.020: Qualifications for and Recognition of Representatives

GN 03910.025: Authority of Appointed Representatives

GN 03910.030: Advising Claimants About Their Right to Representation

GN 03910.040: Appointment of a Representative

GN 03910.050: Contacting a Represented Claimant

GN 03910.060: Termination of a Representative's Appointment

GN 03913: Individual and Entity Registration for Representative Services and Direct Payment of Fees

GN 03913.001: Registration, Affiliation, Direct Payment, and Annual Tax Statements

GN 03913.005: Representative and Point of Contact Registration

GN 03913.010: Updates to Registration

GN 03913.050: Form SSA-1694 and Registration of Business Entities

GN 03920: Administering Representatives Fees Provisions

GN 03920.000: Administering Representatives Fees Provisions - Table of Contents

GN 03920.001: Overview of the Fee Authorization Processes

GN 03920.005: Representative's Fees Subject to SSA's Authorization

GN 03920.006: Increases to Fee Cap Limits for Fee Agreements

GN 03920.010: Representative's Fees Not Subject to Social Security Administration's (SSA) Authorization

GN 03920.015: Delegation of Authority to Authorize Fees - Services Below the Hearing Level

GN 03920.016: Payment of a Representative's Fee

GN 03920.018: Eligible for Direct Payment Non-Attorney (EDPNA) Representatives

GN 03920.019: User Fee for Direct Fee Payments

GN 03920.020: Representative's Waiver of a Fee or Direct Payment of a Fee

GN 03920.021: Assignment of Direct Payment of Authorized Fees to an Entity

GN 03920.025: Representative's Fee - Trust or Escrow Accounts

GN 03920.030: Representative's Fee - Title II Past-Due Benefits

GN 03920.031: Representative’s Fee – Title XVI Past-Due Benefits

GN 03920.032: Representative's Fee - Title II Past-Due Benefits Payable

GN 03920.033: Representative’s Fee - Title XVI Past-Due Benefits Payable

GN 03920.035: Title II Past-Due Benefits Subject to Withholding

GN 03920.036: Title XVI Past-Due Benefits Subject to Withholding

GN 03920.040: Adjustments to the Past-Due Benefits Amount

GN 03920.045: Manual Calculation of Past-Due Benefits

GN 03920.050: Releasing Withheld Funds for Representatives’ Fees

GN 03920.051: Excess Fee Payments Made to Representatives and Entities

GN 03920.052: Pursuing Recovery of Excess Fees Paid to Representatives or Entities and Referrals for Ineligible for Direct Payment Entity (IDPE) List

GN 03920.055: Failure to Withhold Past-due Benefits for Direct Payment to a Representative

GN 03920.060: Attorneys’ Fees for Representation in Proceedings Before a Court

GN 03930: Fee Authorization Under the Fee Petition Process

GN 03930.000: Fee Authorization Under the Fee Petition Process - Table of Contents

GN 03930.001: Fee Petition Process - Introduction and Preview

GN 03930.005: Selection of the Fee Petition Process

GN 03930.010: Determining a Reasonable Fee Under the Fee Petition Process

GN 03930.015: Responsibility for Authorizing Fees Under the Fee Petition Process for Services Provided in Proceedings Before SSA – Jurisdiction

GN 03930.020: Petitioning for a Fee for Services Provided in Proceedings Before Us

GN 03930.025: Receipt and Routing of Fee Petitions

GN 03930.030: Title XVI – Adjudicating Claims and Post-Eligibility (PE) Actions Involving Representatives Who May Petition for Fees

GN 03930.032: Direct Payment to the Representative or Entity Under the Fee Petition Process for Title XVI and Certain Title II Concurrent Cases and Windfall Offset Calculation

GN 03930.033: Fee Petitions – Processing the Assessment in Title XVI Cases

GN 03930.034: Title XVI Only – Fee Petitions - Notifying the Representative, the Claimant, and the Spouse

GN 03930.035: Title II - Adjudicating Claims Involving Representatives Who May File Fee Petitions - Overview

GN 03930.040: Title II - Providing Proper Notice in Claims Involving Representatives Who May Petition for Fees

GN 03930.045: Diaries for Receipt of Fee Petitions and Fee Authorizations

GN 03930.050: List of Claim Specialist (CS) Responsibilities for Adjudicating Title II Post-Entitlement Actions Involving Representatives Who May Petition for Fees

GN 03930.055: Benefit Authorizer Responsibilities - Overview - Fee Petition Process

GN 03930.060: Title II and Title XVI - Releasing Past-Due Benefits Withheld for Possible Direct Payment of Authorized Fees

GN 03930.065: Title II - Mode of Payment of Authorized Fees from Past-Due Benefits

GN 03930.066: Title II - Fee Petitions – Processing the Assessment

GN 03930.070: Title II - Prorating Excess Past-Due Benefits Withheld for Payment to Auxiliary Beneficiaries

GN 03930.075: Title II - Notifying the Representative, the Claimant, and Any Auxiliary Beneficiaries

GN 03930.080: Notifying Field Offices of Authorized Fees in Concurrent Claims Situations

GN 03930.085: Fee Reviewer Responsibilities - Overview - Fee Petition Process

GN 03930.090: No Fee Petition or Fee Authorization Received by PC or FO when Diary Matures and We Are Withholding Past-Due Benefits – Non-Court Case

GN 03930.091: No Fee Petition or Fee Authorization Received by Processing Center or Field Office Before Diary Matures and We Are Withholding Past-Due Benefits – Court Case

GN 03930.095: Preliminary Actions on Receiving the Petition for a Fee for Services at Initial or Reconsideration Level

GN 03930.100: Review of Itemized Services Provided Below the Hearing Level

GN 03930.105: Determining the Fee for Services Provided Below the Hearing Level

GN 03930.110: Providing Notice of the Fee Authorized Under the Fee Petition Process for Services at Initial or Reconsideration Level

GN 03930.180: Exhibit - Office of the General Counsel Program Litigation Division Contacts for Effectuations (Other than Equal Access to Justice Act)

GN 03940: Fee Authorization Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03940.000: Fee Authorization Under the Fee Agreement Process - Table of Contents

GN 03940.001: Fee Agreement Process - Overview

GN 03940.002: Fee Agreement Decision Maker

GN 03940.003: Fee Agreement Evaluation

GN 03940.004: Fee Agreements - Partially Favorable Decisions and Decisions Revised on Appeal - Titles II and XVI

GN 03940.005: Two-Tiered Fee Agreements

GN 03940.007: Fee Agreements - Title XVI Past-Due Benefits

GN 03940.008: Fee Agreement Notices

GN 03940.009: Payment of Representative’s Fee - Death of a Party

GN 03940.010: Receipt of the Fee Agreement in the Field Office and Processing Center

GN 03940.015: Title II - Field Office Processing of Fee Agreements - General

GN 03940.020: Title II — Processing Center Processing of Fee Agreements on Initial Level Claims

GN 03940.025: Processing Center (PC) Instructions for Processing Fee Agreements for Title II Claims at the Reconsideration, Hearing, or Appeals Council Levels of Review

GN 03940.030: Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Processing of Fee Agreements on Title II Portion of Concurrent Titles II and XVI Claims

GN 03940.035: Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Processing of Fee Agreements on Delayed Auxiliary Claims

GN 03940.036: Fee Agreement Process - Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Procedures - Partial Adjudication Involving Deferred Development, Including Workers' Compensation (WC) or Public Disability Benefit (PDB) Information

GN 03940.037: Title II - Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Processing of Fee Agreements on Claims Involving Mental Capability - General

GN 03940.038: Fee Agreement Process – Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Procedures – Claimant Files Subsequent Application While Request for Review Is Pending at the Appeals Council

GN 03940.040: Title II - Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Processing of Fee Agreements on Dual Entitlement Claims

GN 03940.041: Fee Agreements - Incorrectly Applied Fee Cap

GN 03940.045: Title XVI — Field Office Processing of Fee Agreements — General

GN 03940.046: Title XVI — Field Office Processing of Fee Agreements on Favorably Decided Title XVI Only Claims

GN 03940.050: Title XVI - Field Office Processing of Fee Agreements on Favorably Decided Concurrent Title II and Title XVI Claims

GN 03940.051: Field Office Processing of Fee Agreements in Title XVI or Concurrent Titles II and XVI Claims Involving Mental Capability

GN 03940.052: Fee Agreements — SSI Couples Cases

GN 03940.053: Title II - Fee Agreements – Processing the Assessment

GN 03940.054: Title XVI - Fee Agreements – Processing the Assessment

GN 03940.055: Title XVI and Concurrent Titles II and XVI Claims - Field Office Processing of the Fee Agreement Notice

GN 03940.060: Fee Agreement Manual Notices

GN 03940.065: Title II - Fee Agreement Manual Notice

GN 03940.070: Title XVI - Fee Agreement Manual Notice Field Office Processing

GN 03940.075: Title II - Fee Agreement Process – Neutral Language Paragraphs – Fee Authorization Deferred

GN 03940.080: Fee Agreement Process - Title II - Delayed Auxiliary Claim(s) Paragraphs

GN 03940.085: Title XVI Fee Agreement Paragraphs

GN 03950: Administrative Review of Fee Authorizations Under the Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.000: Administrative Review of Fee Authorizations Under the Fee Petition Process - Table of Contents

GN 03950.001: Overview of Administrative Review Under the Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.005: Responsibility for Conducting Administrative Review Under the Fee Petition Process - Jurisdiction

GN 03950.010: Requesting Administrative Review and Preliminary Actions - Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.015: PC Actions on Receiving a Request for Administrative Review Under the Fee Petition Process (Step One)

GN 03950.020: Late Filed Requests for Administrative Review Under the Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.025: Performing a Preliminary Examination of the Claim(s) File (Step Two) - Administrative Review - Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.030: Acknowledgment or Interim Letters to the Parties (Step Three) - Administrative Review - Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.035: Completing Administrative Review Under the Fee Petition Process (Step Four)

GN 03950.040: Notice of the Administrative Review Determination (Step Five)

GN 03950.045: Post-Review Actions Under the Fee Petition Process - Processing Center Jurisdiction Cases

GN 03950.050: Post-Review Actions Under the Fee Petition Process - Office of Hearings Operations and Office of Appellate Operations Jurisdiction Cases

GN 03950.055: Model Acknowledgment Letters - Administrative Review - Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.060: Model Interim Letters - Administrative Review - Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.065: Model Final Letters - Administrative Review - Fee Petition Process

GN 03950.070: Exhibit - Example of SSA-795, Statement of Claimant or Other Person (For Use in Requests for Administrative Review - Fee Petition)

GN 03950.075: Exhibit - Chart - Regional Chief Administrative Law Judges' Addresses and Codes of the Hearing Offices Within Their Jurisdictions

GN 03960: Administrative Review of Determinations Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.000: Administrative Review of Determinations Under the Fee Agreement Process - Table of Contents

GN 03960.001: Overview of Administrative Review Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.005: Responsibility for Conducting Administrative Review Under the Fee Agreement Process - Jurisdiction

GN 03960.010: Requesting Administrative Review Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.015: Receipt and Routing of Requests for Administrative Review Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.025: Late Filed Requests for Administrative Review Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.030: Administrative Review of the Fee Agreement Determination

GN 03960.035: Processing Center Reviewer Responsibilities - Beginning Administrative Review of the Fee Agreement Determination

GN 03960.037: Processing Center Reviewer Responsibilities - Completing Administrative Review of the Fee Agreement Determination

GN 03960.040: Administrative Review of the Fee Authorized Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.043: Administrative Review of the Fee Authorized Under the Fee Agreement Process - Concurrent Titles II and XVI Cases or Affected Auxiliary Beneficiary(ies) Involved

GN 03960.045: Recalculation of the Amount of Past-Due Benefits

GN 03960.047: Reviewer Referrals for Recalculation of the Amount of Past-Due Benefits

GN 03960.050: Assessing Whether the Fee Authorized Under the Fee Agreement Process Is Reasonable

GN 03960.055: Processing Center Reviewer Responsibilities - Beginning Administrative Review of the Fee Authorized Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.057: Processing Center Reviewer Responsibilities - Completing Administrative Review of the Fee Authorized Under the Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.060: Post-Review Actions Under the Fee Agreement Process - Title II

GN 03960.065: Post-Review Actions Under the Fee Agreement Process - Title XVI

GN 03960.070: Administrative Review Notice Preparation - Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.075: Model Acknowledgment Letters - Administrative Review - Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.080: Model Interim Letters - Administrative Review - Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.085: Model Final Letters - Administrative Review - Fee Agreement Process

GN 03960.090: Exhibit - Decision Maker Request for Administrative Review and Transmittal

GN 03960.095: Exhibit - Example of SSA-795, Statement of Claimant or Other Person (For Use in Requests for Administrative Review Under the Fee Agreement Process)

GN 03970: Suspension or Disqualification of Representatives

GN 03970.000: Suspension or Disqualification of Representatives - Table of Contents

GN 03970.010: Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Representatives

GN 03970.011: Potentially Unqualified Attorney and Non-Attorney Representatives

GN 03970.013: Definitions and Examples of Violations of the Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Representatives

GN 03970.016: Referral of Suspected Criminal Violations to the Office of the Inspector General by Field Offices, the Processing Centers, and the Disability Determination Services

GN 03970.017: Referrals of Possible Fee Violations and Non-Fee Violations

GN 03970.020: Evaluation and Action on Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Referrals

GN 03970.025: Field Office (FO) and Processing Center (PC) Action on Direct Payment Errors and Possible Fee Violations

GN 03970.030: Action to Suspend, Disqualify, or Withdraw Charges Against a Representative by the Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

GN 03970.035: Office of Hearings Operations (OHO)'s Administration of a Hearing on Charges Against a Representative

GN 03970.050: Hearing Officer's Decision on the Charges

GN 03970.055: Recognizing a Representative Pending Decision on the Charges

GN 03970.060: Field Office and Regional Office Action When a Representative is Suspended or Disqualified

GN 03970.065: Field Office’s Sample Notices of Suspension or Disqualification

GN 03970.070: Electronic and Physical Addresses for All Referrals to the Office of General Counsel

GN 03980: Conflict of Interest

GN 03980.000: Conflict of Interest - Table of Contents

GN 03980.001: Conflict of Interest - General Statement

GN 03980.002: Bribery of Public Officials and Witnesses

GN 03980.005: Representation by Regular Federal Employees

GN 03980.010: Representation by Special Federal Employees

GN 03980.030: State Agency Disability Determination Employees - Federal Conflict of Interest

GN 03980.040: Representation by Former SSA Employees and Officials (Other than Senior Employees)

GN 03980.050: Representation by a Former Senior SSA Employee

GN 03980.070: SSA Employee as Applicant or Representative Payee

GN 03980.071: Avoiding Conflicting Financial Interests

GN 03980.075: Receiving Salary only from the United States

GN 03980.080: Possible Violation of Conflict-of-Interest Provisions

GN 03990: Equal Access to Justice Act

GN 03990.000: Equal Access to Justice Act - Table of Contents

GN 03990.001: Equal Access to Justice Act - General

GN 03990.010: Payment Effectuation Under the Equal Access to Justice Act

GN 03990.020: Informing Claimants and Attorneys About the Equal Access to Justice Act

GN 03990.030: Action to be Taken if an Equal Access to Justice Act Application is Received in an FO or PC

GN 03990.040: Potential Violations - Equal Access to Justice Act

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