[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72134-72135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33307]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Testing Modifications to the Disability Determination Procedures;
Extension of Single Decisionmaker Model and Full Process Model With
Rationale Summary
AGENCY: Social Security Administration.
ACTION: Notice of extension of tests involving a single decisionmaker
and Full Process Model.
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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.
DATES: Selection of cases to be included in these tests is being
extended through
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December 31, 2001. If the Agency decides to continue these tests beyond
this date, another notice will be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Landis, Social Security
Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, 410-965-5388.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current rules codified at 20 CFR 404.906 and
416.1406 authorize us to test modifications to the disability
determination procedures individually or in any combination. On July
16, 1997 (62 FR 38182-38183), we announced the locations of sites where
we would conduct tests involving a single decisionmaker who may make
the initial disability determination in most cases without requiring
the signature of a medical consultant. On October 30, 1998 (63 FR
5844), we announced the locations of sites for additional testing of
the full process model which would focus on whether integrated model
procedures have any effect on how the requirements for preparing a
rationale for the disability determination are met. We are announcing
the extension of case selection for these two tests through December
31, 2001.
The following is a listing of site locations at which these tests
are being conducted:
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 4140 Woodcock
Drive, Dew Building, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32207.
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 9495 Sunset
Drive, Sunset Square, Suite B100, Miami, FL 33173.
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 3438 Lawton
Road, Chandler Building, Suite 127, Orlando, FL 32803.
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 2729 Fort Knox
Boulevard, Building 2, Suite 300, Tallahassee, FL 32399-9994.
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 2729 Fort Knox
Boulevard, Building 2, Suite 301, Tallahassee, FL 32399-9994.
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 1321 Executive
Center Drive, Ashley Building, Suite 200, Tallahassee, FL 32399-6512.
State of Florida, Office of Disability Determinations, 3450 West Busch
Boulevard, Buschwood Park II, Suite 395, Tampa, FL 33618.
State of Idaho, Disability Determination Services, 1505 McKinney
Street, Boise, ID 83704.
State of Kansas, Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services,
Disability Determination Services, Docking State Office Building, Room
1016, 915 SW Harrison Street, Topeka, KS 66612-1596.
State of Kentucky, Division of Disability Determinations, 102 Athletic
Drive, Frankfort, KY 40602.
Social Security Administration, District Office, 1460 Newton Pike,
Lexington, KY 40511.
State of Kentucky, Division of Disability Determinations, 7th and
Jefferson Streets, Louisville, KY 40201.
State of Maine, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Rehabilitation,
Disability Determination Services, Arsenal Street Extension, State
House Station #116, Augusta, ME 04333.
State of Nevada, Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation,
Bureau of Disability Adjudication 1050 East William Street, Room 300,
Carson City, NV 89710.
State of North Carolina, Division of Social Services, Disability
Determination Services, 321 Chapanoke Street, Raleigh, NC 27603.
State of Vermont, Disability Determination Services, 2 Pilgrim Park
Road, Second Floor, Waterbury, VT 05676.
State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Division
of Disability Determination Services, Airindustrial Way, Building 12,
Tumwater, WA 98502.
State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Division
of Disability Determination Services, 5221 East Third Street, Spokane,
WA 99212.
State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Division
of Disability Determination Services, 1119 SW Seventh Street, Renton,
WA 98055.
State of West Virginia, Division of Rehabilitation Services, Disability
Determination Section, 1206 Quarrier Street, Suite 200, Charleston, WV
25301.
State of West Virginia, Division of Rehabilitation Services, Disability
Determination Section, 153 West Main Street, Suite 607, Clarksburg, WV
26301.
State of Arizona, Department of Economic Security, Disability
Determination Service Administration, 3655 East Second Street, Suite
105, Tucson, AZ 85716.
State of Georgia, Division of Rehabilitation, Disability Adjudication
Section, Clark Harrison Building, 330 West Ponce de Leon Avenue,
Decatur, GA 30030.
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability Determination
Service, Central Avenue, Building 1313, Tiyan, Guam 96913.
State of Oregon, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability
Determination Services, 500 Summer Street NE, Ground Floor, Salem, OR
97310.
Not all cases received in the sites listed above will be selected
for handling under the test procedures. However, if a claim is selected
as part of one of these tests, the claim will be handled under the
procedures established under the final rules noted above.
Dated: December 16, 1999.
Sue C. Davis,
Director, Disability Process Redesign Team.
[FR Doc. 99-33307 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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