When Central Office (CO) receives incoming inmate information it compares the report data previously received from a reporting correctional or mental institution to eliminate duplicate reports. The report information is then matched against the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR and (SSR) to locate eligibility/entitlement to social security benefits.

Once entitlement/eligibility is found, an alert is sent to the Program Center (PC), OCO-ODO or the field office (FO) for processing as follows:

The PC/OCO-ODO will receive title II PUPS alerts and records only when the following information is always on the PUPS alert:

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  Confinement Date (04/01/00 or later and the date of the confinement is at least 30 days prior to the run processing date on the PUPS Alert/Record)

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  Conviction Date

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  Inmate Status Code of Y

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  EVS code of V or L.

The FOs will receive all other title II PUPS alerts and all title XVI PUPS alerts.

See GN 02607.465C. for instructions on when the PCs/OCO-ODO can transfer PUPS PENDING records to other SSA locations.

See GN 02607.820 for instructions on when to request a manual incentive payment on a title II case.