Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 23/12/1999

Testing Modifications to the Disability Determination Procedures; Extension of Single Decisionmaker Model and Full Process Model With Rationale Summary

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing the extension of two tests being conducted under the authority of current rules codified at 20 CFR 404.906 and 416.1406. These rules provide authority to test, individually or in any combination, several modifications to the disability determination procedures we normally follow in adjudicating claims for disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act) and for supplemental security income (SSI) payments based on disability under title XVI of the Act. Under these rules, SSA is testing the use of a single decisionmaker who may make the initial disability determination without requiring the signature of a medical consultant in all cases. SSA is also testing integrated model procedures which will focus on certain SSA requirements for preparing a rationale for the adjudicator's disability determination to see if these modifications have any effect on how these requirements are met.