United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-06-28 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-99-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103 P0b002ee180396637 f:he99103 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103 HEHS-99-103 Disability benefits Eligibility determinations Children with disabilities Social security benefits Income maintenance programs Eligibility criteria Administrative law SSI Supplemental Security Income Program Letter Report HEHS The Social Security Administration (SSA) has made significant progress in implementing welfare reform's requirements for assessing children's continuing eligibility for benefits. It has finished almost all of the one-time redeterminations required for children who had been receiving benefits when welfare reform was enacted, and it has done continuing disability reviews when required on low-birth-weight babies and 18-year-olds. It also has a plan to ensure that all required continuing disability reviews for children under 18 whose conditions are likely to improve will be completely underway by 2000. However, SSA has not yet decided whether any revisions are necessary to the interim final regulations that were issued to implement the law's new definition of disability for children, and it has made little progress in updating its medical listings for childhood impairments. Although it has taken steps to accomplish the update, such as recruiting staff, it has not set a timetable to accomplish the update. Until SSA completes this initiative, its medical listings for childhood impairments will continue to reflect multiple levels of severity. Because the listings are the only basis on which children qualify for benefits, the lack of a uniform severity level in the listings raises equity concerns. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103.pdf GAO/HEHS-99-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-99-103 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-99-103; Supplemental Security Income: Progress Made in; Disability benefits Eligibility determinations Children with disabilities Social security benefits Income maintenance programs Eligibility criteria Administrative law SSI Supplemental Security Income Program Public Law 104-193 Public Law 105-33