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 PUBLIC LAW 106-170—DEC. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 1903 The Commissioner shall take into account advice provided by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel pursuant to section 101(f)(2)(B)(ii) of this Act. (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—The Commissioner shall also determine with respect to each project— (A) the annual cost (including net cost) of the project and the annual cost (including net cost) that would have been incurred in the absence of the project; (B) the determinants of return to work, including the characteristics of the beneficiaries who participate in the project; and (C) the employment outcomes, including wages, occupations, benefits, and hours worked, of beneficiaries who return to work as a result of participation in the project. The Commissioner may include within the matters evaluated under the project the merits of trial work: periods and periods of extended eligibility. (c) WAIVERS. —The Commissioner may waive compliance with the benefit provisions of title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive compliance with the benefit requirements of title XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), insofar as is necessary for a thorough evaluation of the alternative methods under consideration. No such project shall be actually placed in operation unless at least 90 days prior thereto a written report, ]3repared for purposes of notification and information only and containing a full and complete description thereof, has been transmitted by the Commissioner to the Committee on Ways and Means of the Jtlouse of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate. Periodic reports on the progress of such projects shall be submitted by the Commissioner to such committees. When appropriate, such reports shall include detailed recommendations for changes in administration or law, or both, to carry out the objectives stated in subsection (a). (d) INTERIM REPORTS.— Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit to the Congress an interim report on the progress of the demonstration projects carried out under this subsection together with any related data and materials that the Commissioner of Social Security may consider appropriate. (e) FINAL REPORT.— The Commissioner of Social Security shall submit to the Congress a final report with respect to all demonstration projects carried out under this section not later than 1 year after their completion. (f) EXPENDITURES. —Expenditures made for demonstration projects under this section shall be made from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, as determined appropriate by the Commissioner of Social Security, and from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Reports. Deadline. Deadline. SEC. 303. STUDIES AND REPORTS. (a) STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DISABILITY-RELATED EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES.— OF EXISTING 42 USC 1201 note. 69-194-01-13:QL3Part3

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