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ORDERS.—The Commissioner of Social Security
shall 
modify 
sections 
112.00C.2. 
and
112.02B.2.c.(2) of appendix 1 to subpart P of part
404 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, to
eliminate references to maladaptive behavior in the
domain of personal/behavioral function.
(2) 
DISCONTINUANCE
OF
INDIVIDUALIZED
FUNCTIONAL
ASSESSMENT.—The Commissioner of
Social Security shall discontinue the individualized
functional assessment for children set forth in sec-
tions 416.924d and 416.924e of title 20, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT
TO MEDICAL IM-
PROVEMENT REVIEW STANDARD AS IT APPLIES TO INDI-
VIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1614(a)(4) (42
U.S.C. 1382c(a)(4)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating subclauses (I) and
(II) of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B)
as subclauses (aa) and (bb), respectively;
(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subclauses (I)
and (II), respectively;
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)
through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respec-
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tively, and by moving their left hand margin 2
ems to the right;
(D) by inserting before clause (i) (as redes-
ignated by subparagraph (C)) the following:
‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is
age 18 or older—’’;
(E) at the end of subparagraph (A)(iv) (as
redesignated by subparagraphs (C) and (D)),
by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’;
(F) by inserting after and below subpara-
graph (A)(iv) (as so redesignated) the following:
‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is
under the age of 18—
‘‘(i) substantial evidence which dem-
onstrates that there has been any medical
improvement in the individual’s impair-
ment or combination of impairments, and
that such impairment or combination of
impairments no longer results in marked
and severe functional limitations; or
‘‘(ii) substantial evidence which dem-
onstrates that, as determined on the basis
of new or improved diagnostic techniques
or evaluations, the individual’s impairment
or combination of impairments is not as
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disabling as it was considered to be at the
time of the most recent prior decision that
he or she was under a disability or contin-
ued to be under a disability, and such im-
pairment or combination of impairments
does not result in marked and severe func-
tional limitations; or
‘‘(iii) substantial evidence (which may
be evidence on the record at the time any
prior determination of eligibility for bene-
fits based on disability was made, or newly
obtained evidence which relates to that de-
termination) which demonstrates that a
prior determination was in error.’’; and
(G) in the first sentence following subpara-
graph (B) (as added by subparagraph (F)),
by—
(i) inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘to restore’’;
and
(ii) inserting ‘‘, or
(ii) in the case of an individual under
the age of 18, to eliminate or improve the
individual’s impairment or combination of
impairments so that it no longer results in
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marked and severe functional limitations’’
before the period.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection are effective upon enactment.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS; APPLICATION
TO CURRENT RECIPIENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except where otherwise
specified, subsections (a) and (b) apply to applica-
tions filed on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act, without regard to whether implementing
regulations have been issued.
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner of So-
cial Security shall issue regulations implementing
subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(3) APPLICATION TO CURRENT RECIPIENTS.—
(A) ELIGIBILITY
DETERMINATIONS.—Be-
ginning on January 1, 1997, and ending not
later than January 1, 1998, the Commissioner
of Social Security shall redetermine the eligi-
bility of any individual under age 18 who is eli-
gible for supplemental security income benefits
based on a disability under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and whose eligibility for such
benefits may terminate by reason of subsections
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(a) or (b) of this section. With respect to any
redetermination under this subparagraph—
(i) section 1614(a)(4) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(4)) shall
not apply;
(ii) the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall apply the eligibility criteria for
new applicants for benefits under title XVI
of such Act ;
(iii) the Commissioner shall give such
redetermination priority over all continuing
eligibility reviews and other reviews under
such title; and
(iv) such redetermination shall be
counted as a review or redetermination
otherwise required to be made under sec-
tion 208 of the Social Security Independ-
ence and Program Improvements Act of
1994 or any other provision of title XVI of
the Social Security Act.
(B) 
GRANDFATHER
PROVISION.—Sub-
sections (a) and (b) of this section and the re-
determination under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph only apply with respect to the bene-
fits of an individual described in subparagraph