# Ensuring Program Uniformity at the Hearing and Appeals Council Levels of the Administrative Review Process
> **US Social Security Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2016-12-16 · Effective 2017-01-17 · 81 FR 90987
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-30103
- **Category:** ssa-disability
- **Agency:** US Social Security Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 90987
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 404
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-16
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-17
- **Docket:** Docket No. SSA-2014-0052
## Abstract

We are revising our rules so that more of our procedures at the hearing and Appeals Council levels of our administrative review process are consistent nationwide. We anticipate that these nationally consistent procedures will enable us to administer our disability programs more efficiently and better serve the public.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/16/2016-30103/ensuring-program-uniformity-at-the-hearing-and-appeals-council-levels-of-the-administrative-review)
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