{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-083","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Social Security Administration","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"Social Security Administration (Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner)","authority":"42 U.S.C. 405(a), 902(a)(5), 1383(d)(1); 20 C.F.R. part 404 subpart P, appendix 1","instrument":"Temporary Final Rule, Flexibility in Evaluating \u0027Close Proximity of Time\u0027 Due to COVID-19 Related Barriers to Healthcare, 86 Fed. Reg. 38915 (July 23, 2021)","title":"Flexibility in Evaluating \u0027Close Proximity of Time\u0027 Due to COVID-19 Related Barriers to Healthcare","dateIssued":"2021-07-23","effective":"2021-07-23","end":"Six months after the end of the section 319 PHE (Nov. 11, 2023)","startDate":"2021-07-23","endDate":"2023-11-11","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["disability claimants; adjudicators; medical sources"],"clause":"Since the outset of the COVID-19 national public health emergency, many individuals have experienced barriers that prevent them from timely accessing healthcare.... While this rule is in effect, we will find that the evidence of a musculoskeletal disorder is present \u0027within a close proximity of time\u0027 if the available evidence establishes such a condition within a consecutive 12-month period.... DATES: Effective date: This temporary final rule is effective on July 23, 2021.","enforcement":"Adjudicative standard under 20 C.F.R. 404.1520, 416.920","functions":["CB claimants (customer base of disability representatives)","CS client meetings"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 federal finding that barriers to health care caused by COVID-19 persisted \u0027since the outset\u0027 of the emergency; reaches disability-representation law firms and medical examiners.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-23/pdf/2021-15423.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":295460,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-083","citation":"Social Security Administration (Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner), Temporary Final Rule, Flexibility in Evaluating \u0027Close Proximity of Time\u0027 Due to COVID-19 Related Barriers to Healthcare, 86 Fed. Reg. 38915 (July 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-083)","stateName":"","related":[]}