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        <RIN>0960-AG72</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>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>Amendments to Procedures for Certain Determinations and Decisions</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[In certain circumstances, a claimant who has requested a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ) may receive a wholly favorable determination based on a prehearing case review or a wholly favorable decision by an attorney advisor.  A claimant who receives this kind of wholly favorable determination or decision may request that his hearing proceed by filing a written request within 30 days of the date that the notice of the determination or decision was mailed.  If a claimant has not asked that this hearing proceed within this time, an ALJ will dismiss the claimant's request for a hearing.  Claimants rarely appeal wholly favorable determinations and decisions, and they are often confused when they receive notice that their hearing request was dismissed months after they receive their favorable determination or decision.  To lessen potential for confusion and to streamline our administrative process, we propose to eliminate this 30-day time period while preserving the claimants' right to have a hearing in these cases.  It is possible that a claimant will receive a partially favorable determination in the prehearing case review process.  For these cases, we propose to notify the claimant that we will continue with the ALJ hearing unless all parties to the hearing tell us in writing that we should dismiss the hearing request.  Finally, we propose to notify claimants who receive a wholly favorable ALJ decision without a hearing and who do not want to dismiss their hearing request of their right to appeal their decision to the Appeals Council.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.941</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.942</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1441</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1442</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.948</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.950</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.960</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.970</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1448</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1450</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1460</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.1470</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Not Yet Determined</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2009</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>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Brent</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Hillman</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Social Insurance Specialist</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 605-8280</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, 5107 Leesburg Pike,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041-3260</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Joshua</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Silverman</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>B.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Social Insurance Specialist, Regulations Writer</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>410 594-2128</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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