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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 22.01.03.08" title_num="22" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="03" heading="Alternate Payee Responsibilities.">
  <text>An alternate payee shall promptly:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Submit a certified or true-test copy of a domestic relations order and any modifications or amendments to the order to the Agency;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Provide the following information to the Agency in writing contemporaneously with the submission of a domestic relations order:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Social Security numbers and dates of birth of the participant and the alternate payee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The current address and current telephone number of the alternate payee;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Submit documentation to verify the alternate payee’s date of birth in accordance with COMAR 22.01.05;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>When an alternate payee becomes eligible to receive a monthly allowance, properly complete an electronic fund transfer sign-up form and file it with the Agency in accordance with COMAR 22.01.06;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Notify the Agency in writing of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Any change of the alternate payee’s name, address, or telephone number; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The death of the participant; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Comply with all reasonable requests from the Agency for information and documentation necessary for processing payment of all or any portion of a participant's plan benefit to the alternate payee.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>