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 1998-07-07 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:T-HEHS-98-206 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206 P0b002ee1803a21bd f:he98206t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206 T-HEHS-98-206 Children with disabilities Eligibility criteria Social security benefits Disability benefits Income maintenance programs Mental illnesses Supplemental Security Income Program Other Written Product HEHS The Social Security Administration (SSA) has made considerable progress in implementing the new eligibility criteria mandated by welfare reform for childhood disability benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program. SSA has taken important steps to ensure fairness by identifying children whose benefits may have been terminated inappropriately and taking remedial action to rereview their cases. However, because SSA's medical listings reflect multiple levels of severity, it also needs to expedite updating and modifying its medical listings to guarantee that all children are assessed against a uniform severity standard. The need to revise the listings is a long-standing problem that GAO reported three years ago. Moreover, SSA needs to follow through on its plan to monitor and continually improve the quality of decisions regarding children. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206.pdf GAO/T-HEHS-98-206 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-206 Other Written Product GAO/T-HEHS-98-206; Supplemental Security Income: SSA Needs a Uniform Standard; Children with disabilities Eligibility criteria Social security benefits Disability benefits Income maintenance programs Mental illnesses Supplemental Security Income Program Public Law 104-193