[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12285]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Parts 404 and 416

[Docket No. SSA-2023-0024]
RIN 0960-AI83


Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process, 
Including How We Consider Past Work; Deferral of Effective Date

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Final rule; deferral of effective date.

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SUMMARY: We published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024, a 
final rule to revise the time period we consider when determining 
whether an individual's past work is relevant for the purposes of 
making disability determinations and decisions under our rules. The 
preamble of that final rule cited an effective date of June 8, 2024. 
This rulemaking defers that effective date to June 22, 2024.

DATES: As of June 5, 2024, the effective date of the final rule 
published on April 18, 2024, at 89 FR 27653, is deferred from June 8, 
2024, to June 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Quatroche, Office of Disability 
Policy, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, 3rd 
Floor (East), Altmeyer Building, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 966-
4794. 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 https://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 18, 2024, we published the final 
rule Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process 
Including How We Consider Past Work in the Federal Register (final 
rule).\1\ The published final rule revises the relevant time period we 
consider from 15 years to 5 years when determining whether an 
individual's past work is relevant for the purposes of making 
disability determinations and decisions. The final rule further 
clarifies that we will not consider past work that started and stopped 
in fewer than 30 calendar days to be considered past relevant work 
(PRW).
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    \1\ 89 FR 27653 (April 18, 2024).
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    We stated in the preamble of the final rule that its provisions 
would take effect and be applied to all claims pending and newly filed 
beginning on June 8, 2024. We are now publishing this rulemaking 
document to defer the final rule's effective date to June 22, 2024. We 
will apply the final rule and all procedures set forth therein, as 
previously described in the originally published final rule, to all 
claims newly filed and pending beginning on June 22, 2024.
    The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Martin 
O'Malley, having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the 
authority to electronically sign this document to Faye I. Lipsky, who 
is the primary Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for purposes of 
publication in the Federal Register.

Faye I. Lipsky,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation and Congressional 
Affairs, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-12285 Filed 6-4-24; 8:45 am]
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