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  1. Title 20 —Employees' Benefits
  2. Chapter III —Social Security Administration
  3. Part 416 —Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled
  4. Subpart J   View Full Text
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Title 20Employees' BenefitsPart / Section
Chapter IIISocial Security Administration400 – 499
Part 416Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled416.101 – 416.2227
Subpart JDeterminations of Disability416.1001 – 416.1094
General Provisions416.1001 – 416.1003
§ 416.1001Purpose and scope.
§ 416.1002Definitions.
§ 416.1003Basic responsibilities for us and the State.
Responsibilities for Performing the Disability Determination Function416.1010 – 416.1018
§ 416.1010How a State notifies us that it wishes to perform the disability determination function.
§ 416.1011How we notify a State whether it may perform the disability determination function.
§ 416.1013Disability determinations the State makes.
§ 416.1014Responsibilities for obtaining evidence to make disability determinations.
§ 416.1015Making disability determinations.
§ 416.1016Medical consultants and psychological consultants.
§ 416.1017Reasonable efforts to obtain review by a physician, psychiatrist, and psychologist.
§ 416.1018Notifying claimant of the disability determination.
Quick Disability Determinations416.1019
§ 416.1019Quick disability determination process.
Administrative Responsibilities and Requirements416.1020 – 416.1033
§ 416.1020General administrative requirements.
§ 416.1021Personnel.
§ 416.1022Training.
§ 416.1023Facilities.
§ 416.1024Medical and other purchased services.
§ 416.1025Records and reports.
§ 416.1026Fiscal.
§ 416.1027Audits.
§ 416.1028Property.
§ 416.1029Participation in research and demonstration projects.
§ 416.1030Coordination with other agencies.
§ 416.1031Confidentiality of information and records.
§ 416.1032Other Federal laws and regulations.
§ 416.1033Policies and operating instructions.
Performance Standards416.1040 – 416.1050
§ 416.1040General.
§ 416.1041Standards of performance.
§ 416.1042Processing time standards.
§ 416.1043Performance accuracy standard.
§ 416.1044How and when we determine whether the processing time standards are met.
§ 416.1045How and when we determine whether the performance accuracy standard is met.
§ 416.1050Action we will take if a State agency does not meet the standards.
Performance Monitoring and Support416.1060 – 416.1062
§ 416.1060How we will monitor.
§ 416.1061When we will provide performance support.
§ 416.1062What support we will provide.
Substantial Failure416.1070 – 416.1075
§ 416.1070General.
§ 416.1071Good cause for not following the Act, our regulations, or other written guidelines.
§ 416.1075Finding of substantial failure.
Hearings and Appeals416.1080 – 416.1083
§ 416.1080Notice of right to hearing on proposed finding of substantial failure.
§ 416.1081Disputes on matters other than substantial failure.
§ 416.1082Who conducts the hearings.
§ 416.1083Hearings and appeals process.
Assumption of Disability Determination Function416.1090 – 416.1094
§ 416.1090Assumption when we make a finding of substantial failure.
§ 416.1091Assumption when State no longer wishes to perform the disability determination function.
§ 416.1092Protection of State employees.
§ 416.1093Limitation on State expenditures after notice.
§ 416.1094Final accounting by the State.
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