Supplemental Security Income: Progress Made in Implementing Welfare Reform Changes; More Action Needed
HEHS-99-103
Published: Jun 28, 1999. Publicly Released: Jun 28, 1999.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, focusing on the Social Security Administration's (SSA) progress in: (1) redetermining the eligibility of children already receiving benefits against the law's new eligibility criteria; (2) implementing the law's requirements for ongoing continuing disability reviews (CDR) and the related treatment provision; and (3) revising the interim final regulations to implement the law's eligibility criteria and the medical listings for childhood impairments, which are used to determine whether a child is disabled.
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Administrative lawChildren with disabilitiesDisability benefitsEligibility criteriaEligibility determinationsIncome maintenance programsSocial security benefitsSupplemental security incomeChildrenDisabilities