Rule2021-25026
Extension of Expiration Dates for Three Body System Listings
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Published
November 17, 2021
Effective
November 17, 2021
Issuing agencies
Social Security Administration
Abstract
We are extending the expiration dates of the following body systems in the Listing of Impairments (listings) in our regulations: Respiratory Disorders, Genitourinary Disorders, and Mental Disorders. We are making no other revisions to these body systems in this final rule. This extension ensures that we will continue to have the criteria we need to evaluate impairments in the affected body systems at step three of the sequential evaluation processes for initial claims and continuing disability reviews.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64068-64070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25026]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
20 CFR Part 404
[Docket No. SSA-2021-0035]
RIN 0960-AI56
Extension of Expiration Dates for Three Body System Listings
AGENCY: Social Security Administration.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the expiration dates of the following body
systems in the Listing of Impairments (listings) in our regulations:
Respiratory Disorders, Genitourinary Disorders, and Mental Disorders.
We are making no other revisions to these body systems in this final
rule. This extension ensures that we will continue to have the criteria
we need to evaluate impairments in the affected body systems at step
three of the sequential evaluation processes for initial claims and
continuing disability reviews.
DATES: This final rule is effective November 17, 2021
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Goldstein, Director, Office
of Medical Policy, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 965-1020.
For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our
national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213, or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or
visit our internet site, Social Security Online, at <a href="http://www.socialsecurity.gov">http://www.socialsecurity.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
We use the listings in appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404 of 20
CFR at the third step of the sequential evaluation process to evaluate
claims filed by adults and children for benefits based on disability
under the title II and title XVI programs.\1\ 20 CFR 404.1520(d),
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416.920(d), 416.924(d). The listings are in two parts: Part A has
listings criteria for adults and Part B has listings criteria for
children. If you are age 18 or over, we apply the listings criteria in
Part A when we assess your impairment or combination of impairments. If
you are under age 18, we first use the criteria in Part B of the
listings when we assess your impairment(s). If the criteria in Part B
do not apply, we may use the criteria in Part A when those criteria
consider the effects of your impairment(s). 20 CFR 404.1525(b),
416.925(b).
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\1\ We also use the listings in the sequential evaluation
processes we use to determine whether a beneficiary's disability
continues. See 20 CFR 404.1594, 416.994, and 416.994a.
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Explanation of Changes
In this final rule, we are extending the dates on which the
listings for the following three body systems will no longer be
effective as set out in the following chart:
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Current expiration
Body system listings date New expiration date
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Respiratory Disorders 3.00 December 10, 2021... December 12, 2025.
and 103.00.
Genitourinary Disorders 6.00 December 10, 2021... December 12, 2025.
and 106.00.
Mental Disorders 12.00 and January 17, 2022.... December 12, 2025.
112.00.
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We continue to revise and update the listings on a regular basis,
including those body systems not affected by this final rule.\2\ We
intend to update the three listings affected by this final rule as
necessary based on medical advances as quickly as possible, but may not
be able to publish final rules revising these listings by the current
expiration date. Therefore, we are extending the expiration dates
listed above.
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\2\ We last extended the expiration dates for Respiratory
Disorders and Genitourinary Disorders on September 24, 2019 (84 FR
49950). This is the first extension of the expiration date for
Mental Disorders, since we published a final rule revising the
medical criteria for evaluating Mental Disorders on September 26,
2016 (81 FR 66137) and a correction to the final rule on December 2,
2016 (81 FR 86928).
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Regulatory Procedures
Justification for Final Rule
We follow the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) rulemaking
procedures specified in 5 U.S.C. 553 in promulgating regulations.
Section 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5).
Generally, the APA requires that an agency provides prior notice and
opportunity for public comment before issuing a final regulation. The
APA provides exceptions to the notice-and-comment requirements when an
agency finds there is good cause for dispensing with such procedures
because they are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.
We determined that good cause exists for dispensing with the notice
and public comment procedures. 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). This final rule only
extends the date on which the three body system listings will no longer
be effective. It makes no substantive changes to our rules. Our current
regulations \3\ provide that we may extend, revise, or promulgate the
body system listings again. Therefore, we determined that opportunity
for prior comment is unnecessary, and we are issuing this regulation as
a final rule.
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\3\ See the first sentence of appendix 1 to subpart P of part
404 of 20 CFR.
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In addition, for the reasons cited above, we find good cause for
dispensing with the 30-day delay in the effective date of this final
rule. 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). We are not making any substantive changes to
the listings in these body systems. Without an extension of the
expiration date for these listings, we will not have the criteria we
need to assess medical impairments in these three body systems at step
three of the sequential evaluation processes. We therefore find it is
in the public interest to make this final rule effective on the
publication date.
Executive Order 12866, as Supplemented by Executive Order 13563
We consulted with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
determined that this final rule does not meet the requirements for a
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, as
supplemented by Executive Order 13563. Therefore, OMB did not review
it. We also determined that this final rule meets the plain language
requirement of Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
We certify that this final rule does not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it
affects only individuals. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis
is not required under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule only extends the date for the medical listings
cited above but does not create any new or affect any existing
collections, or otherwise change any content of the currently published
rules. Accordingly, it does not impose any burdens under the Paperwork
Reduction Act and does not require further OMB approval.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 96.001, Social
Security-Disability Insurance; 96.002, Social Security-Retirement
Insurance; 96.004, Social Security-Survivors Insurance; 96.006,
Supplemental Security Income)
List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 404
Administrative practice and procedure, Blind, Disability benefits,
Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Social Security.
The Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration,
Kilolo Kijakazi, having reviewed and approved this document, is
delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to Faye
I. Lipsky, who is the primary Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for
purposes of publication in the Federal Register.
Faye I. Lipsky,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation and Congressional
Affairs, Social Security Administration.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, we are amending appendix 1
to subpart P of part 404 of chapter III of title 20 of the Code of
Federal Regulations as set forth below.
PART 404--FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
(1950- )
Subpart P--[Amended]
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1. The authority citation for subpart P of part 404 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: Secs. 202, 205(a)-(b) and (d)-(h), 216(i), 221(a)
and (h)-(j), 222(c), 223, 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 405(a)-(b) and (d)-(h), 416(i), 421(a) and (h)-
(j), 422(c), 423, 425, and 902(a)(5)); sec. 211(b), Pub. L. 104-193,
110 Stat. 2105, 2189; sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42
U.S.C. 902 note).
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2. Amend appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404 in the introductory text
by
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revising items 4, 7, and 13 to read as follows:
Appendix 1 to Subpart P of Part 404--Listing of Impairments
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4. Respiratory Disorders (3.00 and 103.00): December 12, 2025.
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7. Genitourinary Disorders (6.00 and 106.00): December 12, 2025.
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13. Mental Disorders (12.00 and 112.00): December 12, 2025.
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[FR Doc. 2021-25026 Filed 11-16-21; 8:45 am]
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