,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #e1       
#bjae,mr4 ,hatch 7for himself and ,mr4  
,lankford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,,ii of the ,social   
,security ,act to exclude certain       
medical sources of evidence in making   
disability determinations4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,improving the ,integrity of ,disability
 ,evidence ,act4  #b4 ,exclusion of     
certain medical sources of evidence  7a7
 ,in general ,section #bbc7;d77#e7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #dbc7;d77#e77 is amended by   
adding at the end the following3  7,c7  
7i7 ,in making any determination with   
respect to whether an individual is     
under a disability or continues to be   
under a disability1 the ,commissioner of
 ,social ,security may not consider     
7except for good cause as determined by 

the ,commissioner7 any evidence         
furnished by--  7,i7 any individual or  
entity who has been convicted of a      
felony under section #bjh or under      
section #afcb2  7,,ii7 any individual or
 entity who has been excluded from      
participation in any ,federal health    
care program under section #aabh2 or    
7,,iii7 any person with respect to whom 
a civil money penalty or assessment has 
been imposed under section #aabi for the
 submission of false evidence4  7ii7 ,to
 the extent and at such times as is     
necessary for the effective             
implementation of clause 7i7 of this    
subparagraph--  7,i7 the ,inspector     
,general of the ,social ,security       
,administration shall transmit to the   
,commissioner information relating to   
persons described in subclause 7,i7 or  
7,,iii7 of clause 7i72  7,,ii7 the      
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall transmit to the         
,commissioner information relating to   
persons described in subclause 7,,ii7 of

 clause 7i72 and  4  7b7 ,regulations   
,not later than #a year after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,commissioner of ,social ,security shall
 issue regulations to carry out the     
amendment made by subsection 7a74  7c7  
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to determinations of disability made on 
or after the earlier of--  7#a7 the     
effective date of the regulations       
required to be issued by the            
,commissioner of ,social ,security under
 subsection 7b72 or  7#b7 the date that 
is #a year after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4