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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>0960-AF81</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>Elimination of Sanctions for Refusal of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Without Cause (938F)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[We are revising our regulations to eliminate the sanctions for refusal of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services without good cause, thereby conforming them to the amendments made by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, which established the Ticket to Work program, repealed the VR refusal sanctions (i.e., deductions from social security disability or suspension of Supplemental Security Income benefits) effective with January 1, 2001. Under the obsolete sanctions, we were required to suspend disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for any disability beneficiary or disabled or blind SSI recipient who refused rehabilitation services without good cause. Since January 1, 2001, refusal of rehabilitation services is no longer a reason for us to sanction disability benefits. Accordingly, we are eliminating the rules regarding the sanctions for refusal of vocational rehabilitation services without good cause.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.401</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.402</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.421 to 404.425</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.435 to 404.437</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.458</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.902</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1596</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.2101 to 2103</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.2109</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.2113</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.2116</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.2117</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.213</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.708</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1701</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1715</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.2040</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.2201 to 416.2203</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.2209</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.2213</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.2216</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.2217</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 402</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 403</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 404(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 404(e)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 405(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 405(c)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 422(b)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 423(e)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 424a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 425</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 902(a)(5)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1320a-8a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2002</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>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Melvin</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Winer</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Social Insurance Specialist</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>410 965-9175</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Employment Support Programs, 6401 Security Boulevard,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Baltimore</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>21235-6401</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Gary</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sultz</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Assistant Regional Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>312 353-9257</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>200 W.  Adams, 30th Floor,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Chicago</CITY>
                    <STATE>IL</STATE>
                    <ZIP>60606</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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