[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54349-54350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18815]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Part 416

[Docket No. SSA-2006-0103]
RIN 0960-AF99


Technical Updates to Applicability of the Supplemental Security 
Income (SSI) Reduced Benefit Rate for Individuals Residing in Medical 
Treatment Facilities

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

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ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rules that 
were published in the Federal Register on September 5, 2007 (72 FR 
50871). The final rules amended our regulations to reflect two 
provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that affect the payment 
of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). One 
of the provisions extended temporary institutionalization benefits to 
children receiving SSI benefits who enter private medical treatment 
facilities and who otherwise would be ineligible for temporary 
institutionalization benefits because of private insurance coverage. 
The other provision replaced obsolete terminology in the Act that 
referred to particular kinds of medical facilities and substituted a 
broader, more descriptive term.

DATES: Effective on October 5, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Berg, Social Insurance 
Specialist, Office of the Commissioner, Social Security Administration, 
922 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-
6401, (410) 965-1713, for information about this notice. For 
information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national 
toll-free number, 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 final rule published on September 5, 
2007 and effective October 5, 2007 included changes in terminology in 
Sec.  416.414(a)(1), (2) and (3). These changes were inadvertently 
removed from the final rule published on September 5, 2007. This 
correction now shows that the terminology should be changed in those 
three subordinate paragraphs.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 416

    Administrative practice and procedure, Aged, Blind, Disability 
benefits, Public assistance programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

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Accordingly, 20 CFR part 416 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 416--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND 
DISABLED

Subpart D--[Amended]

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1. The authority citation for subpart D of part 416 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1611(a), (b), (c), and (e), 1612, 
1617, and 1631 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 
1382(a), (b), (c), and (e), 1382a, 1382f, and 1383).


Sec.  416.414  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  416.414(a)(1), (2) and (3), remove the words ``medical 
facility'' and ``medical care facility'' wherever they appear and add 
in their place the words ``medical treatment facility''.

    Dated: September 18, 2007.
Paul Kryglik,
Acting Social Security Regulations Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-18815 Filed 9-24-07; 8:45 am]
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