42 U.S.C. § 425 : US Code - Section 425: Additional rules relating to benefits based on disability

Search 42 U.S.C. § 425 : US Code - Section 425: Additional rules relating to benefits based on disability

(a) Suspension of benefits
If the Commissioner of Social Security, on the basis of
information obtained by or submitted to the Commissioner, believes
that an individual entitled to benefits under section 423 of this
title, or that a child who has attained the age of eighteen and is
entitled to benefits under section 402(d) of this title, or that a
widow or surviving divorced wife who has not attained age 60 and is
entitled to benefits under section 402(e) of this title, or that a
widower or surviving divorced husband who has not attained age 60
and is entitled to benefits under section 402(f) of this title, may
have ceased to be under a disability, the Commissioner of Social
Security may suspend the payment of benefits under such section
402(d), 402(e), 402(f), or 423 of this title until it is determined
(as provided in section 421 of this title) whether or not such
individual's disability has ceased or until the Commissioner of
Social Security believes that such disability has not ceased. In
the case of any individual whose disability is subject to
determination under an agreement with a State under section 421(b)
of this title, the Commissioner of Social Security shall promptly
notify the appropriate State of the Commissioner's action under
this subsection and shall request a prompt determination of whether
such individual's disability has ceased. For purposes of this
subsection, the term "disability" has the meaning assigned to such
term in section 423(d) of this title. Whenever the benefits of an
individual entitled to a disability insurance benefit are suspended
for any month, the benefits of any individual entitled thereto
under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 402 of this title, on
the basis of the wages and self-employment income of such
individual, shall be suspended for such month. The first sentence
of this subsection shall not apply to any child entitled to
benefits under section 402(d) of this title, if he has attained the
age of 18 but has not attained the age of 22, for any month during
which he is a full-time student (as defined and determined under
section 402(d) of this title).
(b) Continued payments during rehabilitation program
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, payment
to an individual of benefits based on disability (as described in
the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section) shall not be
terminated or suspended because the physical or mental impairment,
on which the individual's entitlement to such benefits is based,
has or may have ceased, if -
(1) such individual is participating in a program consisting of
the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program under section
1320b-19 of this title or another program of vocational
rehabilitation services, employment services, or other support
services approved by the Commissioner of Social Security, and
(2) the Commissioner of Social Security determines that the
completion of such program, or its continuation for a specified
period of time, will increase the likelihood that such individual
may (following his participation in such program) be permanently
removed from the disability benefit rolls.