The following language appears on Page 4 of the Proposed Document:

"Representative Payee- A person that helps pay your bills, budget and makes sure you have money for the things you need."

The definition quoted above should be clarified to specify that Representative Payees are persons whom the Social Security Administration (SSA) appoints to handle an individual's Social Security benefits.   A Representative Payee does not have authority to handle an individual's non-SSA funds unless she is separately authorized to do that (such as by a Durable Power of Attorney or other legal authority).

By the same token the SSA will not recognize, or share an SSA beneficiary's information with, a person who is authorized under a power of attorney to conduct business on behalf of the beneficiary, but who has not also been appointed as that beneficiary's representative payee.