Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

Key Points

• Social Security would share state-reported death information with the federal system agencies use to block improper payments.
• The bill aims to help stop government checks or benefits from going to people who have died, and to help recover money that was paid by mistake.
• Social Security would have to use “clear and convincing” evidence before marking someone as dead in records shared with other agencies.
• If Social Security wrongly flags someone as deceased, it must notify other agencies it shares data with so those agencies can fix any problems.
• These changes would not start until December 27, 2026.