NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 5109. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. (a) Requirements.— (1) Title ii.—Section 205 (42 U.S.C. 405) is amended by inserting after subsection (r) the following new subsection: “notice requirements “(s) The Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that any notice to one or more individuals issued pursuant to this title by the Secretary or by a State agency— “(1) is written in simple and clear language, and “(2) includes the address and telephone number of the local office of the Social Security Administration which serves the recipient. In the case of any such notice which is not generated by a local servicing office, the requirements of paragraph (2) shall be treated as satisfied if such notice includes the address of the local office of the Social Security Administration which services the recipient of the notice and a telephone number through which such office can be reached.”. (2) Title xvi.—Section 1631 (42 U.S.C. 1383) is amended by adding at the end the following: “notice requirements “(n) The Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that any notice to one or more individuals issued pursuant to this title by the Secretary or by a State agency— (1) ) is written in simple and clear language, and (2) ) includes the address and telephone number of the local office of the Social Security Administration which serves the recipient. In the case of any such notice which is not generated by a local servicing office, the requirements of paragraph (2) shall be treated as satisfied if such notice includes the address of the local office of the Social Security Administration which services the recipient of the notice and a telephone number through which such office can be reached.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to notices issued on or after July 1, 1991.