A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of past-due SSI benefits to the ineligible spouse of a deceased beneficiary, or to a representative payee of a deceased beneficiary where such payee had furnished the beneficiary with the necessaries of life during the period for which such benefits were payable.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of past due benefits to a deceased beneficiary's: (1) eligible spouse; (2) spouse with whom such beneficiary was living at the time of his/her death or last illness; or (3) representative payee where such payee had furnished the beneficiary with the necessaries of life during the period of such underpayment.…