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 PUBLIC LAW 98-460—OCT. 9, 1984

98 STAT. 1803

(e) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, implement demonstration projects in which the opportunity for a personal appearance is provided the applicant prior to initial disability determinations under subsections (a), (c), and (g) of section 221 of the Social Security Act, and prior to initial disability determinations on applications for benefits under title XVI of such Act. Such demonstration projects shall be conducted in not fewer than five States. The Secretary shall report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate concerning such demonstration projects, together with any recommendations, not later than December 31, 1986.

42 USC 421 note.

42 USC 421. 42 usC 1381. Report,

CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS DURING APPEAL

SEC. 7. (a)(1) Section 223(g)(l) of the Social Security Act is amended— (A) in the matter following subparagraph (C), by striking out "and the payment of any other benefits under this Act based on such individual's wages and self-employment income (including benefits under title XVIII)," and inserting in lieu thereof ", the payment of any other benefits under this title based on such individual's wages and self-employment income, the payment of mother's or father's insurance benefits to such individual's mother or father based on the disability of such individual as a child who has attained age 16, and the payment of benefits under title XVIII based on such individual's disability,"; and (B) in clause (iii) by striking out "June 1984" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 1988". (2) Section 223(g)(3)(B) of such Act is amended by striking out "December 7, 1983" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1988". (b) Section 1631(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(7)(A) In any case where— "(i) an individual is a recipient of benefits based on disability or blindness under this title, "(ii) the physical or mental impairment on the basis of which such benefits are payable is found to have ceased, not to have existed, or to no longer be disabling, and as a consequence such individual is determined not to be entitled to such benefits, and "(iii) a timely request for review or for a hearing is pending with respect to the determination that he is not so entitled, such individual may elect (in such manner and form and within such time as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe) to have the payment of such benefits continued for an additional period beginning with the first month beginning after the date of the enactment of this paragraph for which (under such determination) such benefits are no longer otherwise payable, and ending with the earlier of (I) the month preceding the month in which a decision is made after such a hearing, or (II) the month preceding the month in which no such request for review or a hearing is pending. "(B)(i) If an individual elects to have the payment of his benefits continued for an additional period under subparagraph (A), and the final decision of the Secretary affirms the determination that he is not entitled to such benefits, any benefits paid under this title pursuant to such election (for months in such additional period)

42 USC 423.

42 USC 1395.

97 Stat. 803. 42 USC 423. 42 USC 1383.

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