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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>0960-AF44</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200210</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0960</CODE>
            <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>New Disability Claims Process--Roles of State Agency (816F)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[We plan to revise our regulations that pertain to the processing of initial claims for disability benefits under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act at the initial and reconsideration steps of the administrative review process.  Under these final rules, certain State agency disability examiners, familiarly called "single decisionmakers," will be responsible for the disability determinations in many initial claims for disability benefits.  However, they will be able to ask for advice from State agency medical or psychological consultants when they decide they need it.  We also plan to review other rules to reflect these changes, including our rules about how we decide whether a person's impairment(s) medically equals a listing.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1512</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1513</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1526</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1527</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1529</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1546</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1615</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1616</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.912</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.913</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.926</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.927</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.929</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.946</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1015</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1016</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 405(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 902(a)(5)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[This regulation will permit us to use resources more effectively to ensure that disabled claimants are awarded benefits at the earliest  point in the claims process.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <LEGAL_BASIS><![CDATA[None.]]></LEGAL_BASIS>
            <ALTERNATIVES><![CDATA[The agency continues to consider various options for further redesign of the disability claims process.]]></ALTERNATIVES>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[The 5-year estimates for implementation indicates an incremental benefit cost of $2.4 billion for OASDI and SSI combined, and $1.3 billion for Medicare and Medicaid combined.]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
            <RISKS><![CDATA[Not yet established.]]></RISKS>
        </RPLAN_INFO>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/19/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 5494</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/20/2001</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2002</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <RELATED_RIN_LIST>
            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>0960-AE73</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Merged with</RIN_RELATION>
            </RELATED_RIN>
        </RELATED_RIN_LIST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Susan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Grier</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>410 966-5005</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Disability Determinations, 6401 Security Boulevard,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Baltimore</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>21235</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Robert</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Augustine</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>J.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Social Insurance Specialist</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>410 965-0020</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Regulations, 6401 Security Boulevard,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Baltimore</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>21235-6401</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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