Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/641

 PUBLIC LAW 98-460—OCT. 9, 1984

98 STAT. 1801

(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to determinations made on or after the first day of the first month beginning after 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Effective date. 42 USC 423 note.

MORATORIUM ON MENTAL IMPAIRMENT REVIEWS

SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall revise the criteria embodied under the category "Mental Disorders" in the "Listing of Impairments" in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act under appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The revised criteria and listings, alone and in combination with assessments of the residual functional capacity of the individuals involved, shall be designed to realistically evaluate the ability of a mentally impaired individual to engage in substantial gainful activity in a competitive workplace environment. Regulations establishing such revised criteria and listings shall be published no later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b)(1) Until such time as revised criteria have been established by regulation in accordance with subsection (a), no continuing eligibility review shall be carried out under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act, or under the corresponding requirements established for disability determinations and reviews under title XVI of such Act, with respect to any individual previously determined to be under a disability by reason of a mental impairment, if— (A) no initial decision on such review has been rendered with respect to such individual prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, or (B) an initial decision on such review was rendered with respect to such individual prior to the date of the enactment of this Act but a timely appeal from such decision was filed or was pending on or after June 7, 1983. For purposes of this paragraph and subsection (c)(1) the term "continuing eligibility review, when used to refer to a review of a previous determination of disability, includes any reconsideration of or hearing on the initial decision rendered in such review as well as such initial decision itself, and any review by the Appeals Council of the hearing decision. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case where the Secretary determines that fraud was involved in the prior determination, or where an individual (other than an individual eligible to receive benefits under section 1619 of the Social Security Act) is determined by the Secretary to be engaged in substantial gainful activity (or gainful activity, in the case of a widow, surviving divorced wife, widower, or surviving divorced husband for purposes of section 202 (e) and (f) of such Act). (c)(1) Any initial determination that an individual is not under a disability by reason of a mental impairment and any determination that an individual is not under a disability by reason of a mental impairment in a reconsideration of or hearing on an initial disability determination, made or held under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the date on which revised criteria are established by regulation in accordance with subsection (a), and any determination that an individual is not under a disability by reason of a mental impairment made under or in accordance with title II or XVI of such Act

42 USC 421 note.

Regulations,

42 USC 421. 42 USC 1381.

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42 USC I382h. j, 42 USC 402.

42 USC 401, 1381.

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