# Penalty for a representative payee (under 42 U.S.C. 405(j) , 1007 , or 1383(a)(2) ) converting any part of a received payment from the benefit programs described in the previous civil monetary penalty to a use other than for the benefit of the beneficiary — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a representative payee (under 42 U.S.C. 405(j) , 1007 , or 1383(a)(2) ) converting any part of a received payment from the benefit programs described in the previous civil monetary penalty to a use other than for the benefit of the beneficiary, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1320a-8(a)(3); maximum penalty is 8,267, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a representative payee (under 42 U.S.C. 405(j) , 1007 , or 1383(a)(2) ) converting any part of a received payment from the benefit programs described in the previous civil monetary penalty to a use other than for the benefit of the beneficiary _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1320a-8(a)(3) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 8,267 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1320a-8(a)(3) | | CMS | Penalty for a representative payee (under <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/405> 42 U.S.C. 405(j) , <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1007> 1007 , or <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1383> 1383(a)(2) ) converting any part of a received payment from the benefit programs described in the previous civil monetary penalty to a use other than for the benefit of the beneficiary | 2024 | 8,058 | 8,267

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).