42 U.S.C. § 1383b
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United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 1383b, Administration, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477220
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Subject to subsection (b), the Commissioner of Social Security may make such administrative and other arrangements (including arrangements for the determination of blindness and disability under section 1382c(a)(2) and (3) of this title in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided with respect to disability determinations under section 421 of this title) as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the Commissioner’s functions under this subchapter.
In determining, for purposes of this subchapter, whether an individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select.
The Commissioner of Social Security shall establish by regulation criteria for time limits and other criteria related to individuals’ plans for achieving self-support, that take into account—
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Commissioner of Social Security shall review—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to extend the Renegotiation Act of 1951 for one year, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994House: 431–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
- Deficit Reduction Act of 2005