KITTITAS COUNTY JAIL (WA0132) - IPMOU

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INCENTIVE PAYMENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (IPMOU) BETWEEN THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE KITTITAS COUNTY JAIL (WA0132) I. Purpose The purpose of this agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions under which a State or local facility or institution (Reporter) will provide to the Social Security Administration (SSA) information about certain individuals who are confined in a facility or institution by court order in connection with a criminal offense at any time during the period covered by this agreement. The Reporter may provide information on its own behalf or on behalf of other facilities and institutions. SSA will pay the Reporter for the information in accordance with law. SSA may use the information to administer its programs under the Social Security Act (Act), including but not limited to: suspending Retirement, Survivors and Disability (RSDI) benefits under Title II of the Act; suspending Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the Act; and investigating and monitoring the performance of representative payees who are confined in a facility or institution by court order in connection with a criminal offense at any time during the period covered by this agreement. SSA may also disclose information provided to SSA by the Reporter in accordance with sections 202(x) and 1611(e) of the Act and as further described in Section IX of this agreement. II. Legal Authority A. This agreement is entered into under sections 202(x)(3)(B) and 1611(e)(l)(I) of the Act, which authorize SSA to enter into agreements with any interested State or local institutions (such as jails, prisons, penal institutions, correctional facilities, or other institutions (e.g., mental facilities) in which people are confined by court order at public expense) to obtain information about certain confined individuals and to pay for this information. Sections 202(x) and 1611(e) of the Act specify what information the reporting institutions should provide to SSA and authorize SSA to disclose the information obtained from institutions, in certain circumstances. B. Section 202(x)(l)(A) of the Act requires SSA to suspend payment of Title II benefits to: (1) beneficiaries confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility following a criminal conviction; (2) certain other individuals confined at public expense in an institution or mental facility; and (3) beneficiaries considered to be “sexually dangerous individuals.” C. For Title II recipients, section 202(x)(1)(A) suspends payments for any month ending with or during, or beginning with or during, a period of more than 30 days throughout all of which such individual is confined.