[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-58]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Parts 404 and 416

[Regulations No. 4 and 16]
RIN 0960-AF21


Reinstatement of Entitlement to Disability Benefits

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration (SSA) is extending the 
comment period for the proposed rules regarding the Reinstatement of 
Entitlement (Expedited Reinstatement) provision in section 112 of the 
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. This 
provision allows former Social Security disability and Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) disability or blindness beneficiaries, whose 
entitlement or eligibility had been terminated due to their work 
activity, to have their entitlement or eligibility reinstated in a 
timely fashion if they become unable to do substantial gainful work due 
to their medical condition. These rules provide beneficiaries an 
additional incentive to return to work.

DATES: To be sure your comments are considered we must receive them no 
later than January 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may give us your comments by using: our Internet site 
facility (i.e., Social Security Online) at http://policy.ssa.gov/pnpublic.nsf/LawsRegs; or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; or e-mail to [email protected]; telefax to (410) 
966-2830; or letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, P.O. Box 
17703, Baltimore, MD 21235-7703. You may also deliver them to the 
Office of Regulations, Social Security Administration, 100 Altmeyer 
Building, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on regular business days. 
Comments are posted for your review on our Internet site http://policy.ssa.gov/pnpublic.nsf/LawsRegs, or you may inspect them 
physically on regular business days by making arrangements with the 
contact person shown in this preamble.

Electronic Version

    The electronic file of this document is available on the date of 
publication in the Federal Register at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. It is also available on the Internet site for SSA (i.e., 
Social Security Online) at http://policy.ssa.gov/pnpublic.nsf/LawsRegs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Nelson, Team Leader, Employment 
Policy Team, Office of Employment Support Programs, Social Security 
Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Room 107 Altmeyer Building, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 966-5114 or TTY (410) 966-5609. For 
information on eligibility or filing for benefits call our national 
toll-free numbers 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our 
Internet site, Social Security Online at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Social Security Administration published 
a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on October 27, 
2003 (68 FR 61162), proposing rules regarding the expedited 
reinstatement provision in section 112 of the Ticket to Work and Work 
Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-170).
    This document extends, to January 16, 2004, the comment period for 
that notice of proposed rulemaking. If you have already provided 
comments on the proposed rules, your comments will be considered and 
you do not need to re-submit them.

    Dated: December 29, 2003.
Martin J. Sussman,
SSA Regulations Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-58 Filed 1-2-04; 8:45 am]
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