To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide claimants for benefits based on disability with a face-to-face, evidentiary hearing before making an initial decision, to provide those claimants whose application is denied with opportunity for a subsequent hearing without any requirement for intervening "reconsideration", and to specify the medical information to be collected and maintained in making disability determinations.
Social Security Appeals Process Reform Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct an evidentiary hearing with an applicant for disability benefits prior to making any decision regarding the applicant's claim for such benefits. Eliminates the reconsideration level of appeal.
Requires the Secretary to make every reasonable effort to ensure that the applicant's case folder contains all relevant medical records as well as a statement from the applicant and any statements from family and friends describing the applicant's disability in order to make a disability determination.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E187)
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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