SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SEC. 10000. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. This title may be cited as the “Miscellaneous and Technical Social Security Act Amendments of 1989”. Table of Contents Sec. 10000. Short title; table of contents. 103 STAT. 2471 Subtitle A— Time-Sensitive Provisions Sec. 10101. Continuation of disability benefits during appeal. Sec. 10102. Transfer to railroad retirement account Sec. 10109. Extension of disability insurance program demonstration project authority. Subtitle B— Technical Provisions Sec. 10201. Prohibition of termination of coverage of U.S. citizens and residents employed abroad by a foreign affiliate of an American employer. Sec. 10202. Exclusion from wages and compensation of refunds required from employers to compensate for duplication of medicare benefits by health care benefits provided by the employers. Sec. 10203. Elimination of any carryover reduction in retirement or disability benefits due to receipt of widow’s or widower’s benefits before attaining age 62. Sec. 10204. Clarification of rules governing taxation under FICA and SECA of individuals of certain religious faiths. Sec. 10205. Treatment of group-term life insurance under railroad retirement taxes. Sec. 10206. Treatment of certain deferred compensation and salary reduction arrangements under railroad retirement taxes. Sec. 10207. Treatment of Rowan decision under railroad retirement taxes. Sec. 10208. Inclusion of certain deferred compensation in determination of wage-based adjustments. Subtitle C— Additional Amendments Sec. 10301. Elimination of the dependency test applicable to certain adopted children. Sec. 10302. Authority for Secretary to take into account misinformation provided to applicants in determining date of application for benefits. Sec. 10303. Same-day personal interviews at field offices of the Social Security Administration in certain cases where time is of the essence. Sec. 10304. Authority to amend wage records after expiration of time limitation. Sec. 10305. Standards applicable in certain determinations of good cause, fault, and good faith. Sec. 10306. Notice requirements. Sec. 10307. Representation of claimants. Sec. 10308. Earnings and benefit statements. Subtitle D— Human Resource and Income Security Provisions Sec. 10401. Increase in authorization for child welfare services under title IV–B of the Social Security Act. Sec. 10402. Extension and permanent increase in foster care ceiling. Sec. 10403. Miscellaneous technical corrections. Sec. 10404. Demonstration project. Sec. 10405. Agent Orange settlement payments excluded from countable income and resources under Federal means-tested programs. Sec. 10406. Treatment of triennial reviews of State foster care protections for fiscal years before October 1, 1990.