I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3566 
To help individuals receiving disability insurance benefits under title II of 
the Social Security Act obtain rehabilitative services and return to the 
workforce, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2019 
Mr. HILL of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. FLORES, Mr. ALLEN, 
and Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To help individuals receiving disability insurance benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act obtain rehabilita-
tive services and return to the workforce, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Revising disability classifications. 
Sec. 3. Requiring periodic continuing disability reviews for certain beneficiaries. 
Sec. 4. Regulations related to disability classifications and CDRs. 
Sec. 5. Time-limiting disability benefits for MIE and MIL individuals. 
Sec. 6. Encouraging work by MIE and MIL individuals. 
Sec. 7. Increased funding for continuing disability reviews. 
SEC. 2. REVISING DISABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS. 
Section 221 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
421) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(n)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, the Commissioner of Social 
Security shall establish a system for classifying any indi-
vidual who is determined to be entitled to disability insur-
ance benefits under this title or to monthly benefits under 
section 202 by reason of being under a disability in the 
following manner: 
‘‘(A) An individual shall be classified as ‘med-
ical improvement expected’ if the impairment or 
combination of impairments causing the individual 
to be disabled is expected to medically improve to 
the point where the individual will no longer be dis-
abled in 12 to 24 months. 
‘‘(B) An individual shall be classified as ‘med-
ical improvement likely’ if the impairment or com-
bination of impairments causing the individual to be 
disabled is expected to medically improve to the 
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point where the individual will no longer be disabled 
in 25 months to 60 months. 
‘‘(C) An individual shall be classified as ‘med-
ical improvement possible’ if the impairment or com-
bination of impairments causing the individual to be 
disabled is not expected to medically improve to the 
point where the individual will no longer be disabled 
in 60 months, but future improvement is possible. 
‘‘(D) An individual shall be classified as ‘med-
ical improvement not expected’ if the individual has 
an impairment or combination of impairments that 
is chronic or progressive with permanent, irreversible 
structural or functional loss, and for which there is 
no known effective therapy, treatment, or surgical 
intervention that could result in medical improve-
ment to the point where the individual is no longer 
disabled. 
‘‘(2) In classifying an individual under the system es-
tablished under this subsection, the Commissioner of So-
cial Security shall not classify an individual as ‘medical 
improvement not expected’ solely by reason of such indi-
vidual’s age where a lesser classification is appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding section 205(b)(1) or subsection 
(c)(1) or (d) of this section, there shall be no review of, 
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or right to appeal, a classification made under the system 
established under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRING PERIODIC CONTINUING DISABILITY RE-
VIEWS FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 421(i)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1)(A) In the case of any individual who has not 
attained age 63, is determined to be under a disability, 
and is classified as ‘medical improvement possible’ or 
‘medical improvement not expected’, the applicable State 
agency or the Commissioner of Social Security (as may 
be appropriate) shall, for purposes of determining such in-
dividual’s continuing disability— 
‘‘(i) if the individual is classified as ‘medical im-
provement possible’, conduct a review to determine 
whether the individual remains under a disability 
during the 5th year following the first month after 
the individual’s waiting period (as defined in section 
223(c)(2)); and 
‘‘(ii) if the individual is classified as ‘medical 
improvement not expected’, conduct a review to de-
termine whether the individual remains under a dis-
ability during the 10th year following the first 
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