,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjah ,mr4 ,casey introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,social     
,security ,administration from          
reinstating the reconsideration level of
 appeal for disability determinations in
 the #aj prototype ,states1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,social        
,security ,disability ,protection ,act4 
#b4 ,prohibiting ,,ssa from reinstating 
the reconsideration level of appeal for 
disability determinations in the #aj    
prototype ,states  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,commissioner of ,social ,security shall
 not reinstate reconsideration of an    
initial disability determination by the 
,disability ,determination ,services of 
,alabama1 ,alaska1 ,colorado1           
,louisiana1 ,michigan1 ,missouri1 ,new  
,hampshire1 ,new ,york1 ,pennsylvania1  

or ,california 7,los ,angeles ,north and
 ,los ,angeles ,west ,branches74  7b7   
,improving the reconsideration level of 
review for disability determinations    
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,commissioner of ,social 
,security shall submit to the applicable
 committees a detailed plan to--  7,a7  
improve the reconsideration level of    
review for disability determinations2   
and  7,b7 decrease case processing time 
for initial disability determinations   
and appeals4  7#b7 ,input from          
stakeholders and other experts ,for     
purposes of developing the plan         
described in paragraph 7#a71 the        
,commissioner of ,social ,security shall
 include information and input from--   
7,a7 the ,chairman of the               
,administrative ,conference of the      
,united ,states2  7,b7 disability       
advocates and stakeholders through a    
,national ,disability ,forum1 as well as
 other outreach methods2  7,c7 data     

collected from the #aiig ,disability    
,redesign ,prototype model1 including   
the elimination of the reconsideration  
step of the administrative review       
process for disability determinations in
 the #aj prototype ,states2 and  7,d7   
scholarly experts as well as            
peer-reviewed disability or             
administrative review studies published 
by academic or non-profit research      
institutions4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,applicable committee    
,the term applicable committees means   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means of   
the ,house of ,representatives1 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives1 the         
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate1 and the ,committee on ,finance 
of the ,senate4  7#b7 ,initial          
disability determination ,the term      
initial disability determination means a
 determination made by a ,state         
,disability ,determination ,services    
office in regards to whether an         

individual is disabled for purposes of  
any benefits under title ,,ii or ,,xvi  
of the ,social ,security ,act based on  
such individual's status as disabled4