[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR411.190]

[Page 698-699]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 411_The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Suspension of Continuing Disability Reviews for Beneficiaries 
                         Who Are Using a Ticket
 
Sec. 411.190  How is it determined if I am meeting the timely progress 
guidelines?

    (a) During the initial 24-month period.
    (1) General. During the initial 24-month period after you assign 
your ticket, you must be actively participating in your employment plan, 
as defined in Sec. 411.180(c)(1). Active participation in your 
employment plan will be presumed unless you or your EN or State VR 
agency tell the program manager (PM) that you are not actively 
participating. (See Sec. 411.115(k) for a definition of the PM.) If you 
or your EN or State VR agency report to the PM that you are temporarily 
unable to participate or are not actively participating in your 
employment plan during the initial 24-month period after you assign your 
ticket, the PM will give you the choice of placing your ticket in 
inactive status or resuming active participation in your employment 
plan.
    (2) Inactive status. If you choose to place the ticket in inactive 
status, your ticket will be placed in inactive status beginning with the 
first day of the month following the month in which you make your 
request. You are not considered to be using a ticket during months in 
which your ticket is in inactive status. Therefore, you will be subject 
to continuing disability reviews during those months. The months in 
which your ticket is in inactive status do not count toward the time 
limitations for making timely progress toward self-supporting 
employment. You may not place your ticket in inactive status after the 
initial 24-month period.
    (i) To place a ticket in inactive status, you must submit a written 
request to the PM asking that your ticket be placed in inactive status. 
The request

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must include a statement from your EN or State VR agency that you will 
not be participating in your plan or receiving services from them during 
the period of inactive status.
    (ii) If your ticket is still assigned to an EN or State VR agency, 
you may reactivate your ticket and return to in-use status at any time 
by submitting a written request to the PM. Your ticket will be 
reactivated beginning with the first day of the month following the 
month in which the PM receives your request.
    (3) Resuming active participation. If you choose to resume active 
participation in your employment plan, you will be allowed three months 
to demonstrate this active participation to the PM. During this period, 
you will be considered to be making timely progress toward self-
supporting employment, and these months will count toward your initial 
24-month period. The PM will contact your EN or State VR agency after 
the three months to determine whether you have been actively 
participating in your employment plan during these three months. If the 
EN or State VR agency reports that you have been actively participating 
in your employment plan during these three months, you will continue to 
be considered to be making timely progress toward self-supporting 
employment. If the EN or State VR agency reports that you have not been 
actively participating in your employment plan during these three 
months, the PM will find that you are no longer making timely progress 
toward self-supporting employment. The PM will send a written notice of 
this decision to you at your last known address. The notice will explain 
the reasons for the decision and inform you of the right to ask us to 
review the decision. The decision will become effective 30 days after 
the date on which the PM sends the notice of the decision to you, unless 
you request that we review the decision under Sec. 411.205.
    (b) After the initial 24-month period. (1) After the initial 24-
month period, the PM will conduct progress reviews to determine if you 
are meeting the timely progress guidelines for continuing to be 
considered to be using a ticket.
    (2) The PM will conduct a 24-month progress review at the end of the 
initial 24-month period. (See Sec. 411.195.)
    (3) If you successfully complete your 24-month progress review, the 
PM will then conduct 12-month progress reviews at the end of each 12-
month progress review period. (See Sec. 411.200.)