REPORTS REGARDING CERTAIN DISABILITY-RELATED BENEFITS.

SEC. 8019. REPORTS REGARDING CERTAIN DISABILITY-RELATED BENEFITS. (a) Eligibility for Benefits.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report providing information on— (1) the number of individuals with the complex related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (hereinafter in this section referred to as “AIDS-related complex”) who have made application for disability-related benefits under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act during fiscal years 1988, 1987, and, to the extent feasible, 1986; (2) the number of such applications approved, denied (by reason of denial), and reversed upon appeal; (3) the rates of allowance and denial of such applications by State and region, to the extent feasible; (4) the criteria, guidelines, or other information used to determine eligibility (including copies of the documents setting forth such criteria, guidelines, and information) including information about any changes in criteria that are under consideration; (5) the total costs of disability-related benefits provided to individuals with AIDS-related complex during fiscal years 1988, 1987, and to the extent feasible, 1986; and (6) to the extent available, the projected number of such applications that will likely be approved and denied and the estimated costs of such benefits for the next 3 fiscal years. (b) Coordination of Federal and State Disability Programs.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report describing what arrangements, if any, now exist to provide for coordination between the Social Security Administration and State disability agencies with respect to the provision of disability-related benefits under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and State disability 102 STAT. 3795insurance programs to individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex and to make such individuals applying for any such benefits aware of the full range of Federal and State disability-related benefits for which such individuals may be eligible.