Testing Modifications to the Disability Determination Procedures; Disability Determination Services Full Process Model

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing the locations and the duration of additional tests that it will conduct under the current rules at Secs. 404.906, 404.943, 416.1406, and 416.1443. Those rules authorize the testing of several modifications to the disability determination procedures that we normally follow in adjudicating claims for disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act) and claims for supplemental security income (SSI) payments based on disability under title XVI of the Act. This notice announces the test sites and duration of tests involving a combination of features of the proposed redesigned disability process.