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CCH® UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — 5/05/15

SSA issues final regs revising listings for growth disorders and weight loss in children

The SSA has issued a final rule, which adopts, with one change, the rule for evaluating growth disorders in children the agency proposed in a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2013.

Several body systems in the Listing of Impairments (listings) contain listings for children based on impairment of linear growth or weight loss. The SSA is replacing those listings with new listings for low birth weight (LBW) and failure to thrive; a new listing for genitourinary impairments; and revised listings for growth failure in combination with a respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, or immune system disorder. In addition, the agency made one addition to the rule as the result of a public comment suggesting that it provide guidance for evaluating LBW in children born at less than 32 weeks gestation or weighing less than 1325 grams. The SSA revised the table in listing §100.04B to include 32 weeks in the Gestational Age column because it believes that such guidance is appropriate. The rule becomes effective on June 12, 2015.

For further information, contact Cheryl A. Williams, Office of Medical Policy, SSA, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, (410) 965-1020 (80 Fed. Reg. 19522, April 13, 2015).