The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-170)
eliminated SSA's authority to refer title II beneficiaries and title XVI recipients
for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services after the Ticket to Work Program was fully
implemented, in November 2003.
Section 101(b)(1)(B) of P.L. 106-170 repealed SSA's authority to refer title II beneficiaries
with disabilities to State VR agencies for rehabilitation services in States when
the Ticket to Work program was implemented. Section 101(b)(2)(A) of P.L. 106-170 amended
title XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act) to eliminate SSA's authority to refer
title XVI disability or blind recipients to the State VR agencies when the Ticket
program was implemented. The amendment to title XVI of the Act requires SSA to continue
to refer title XVI recipients who have not attained the age of 16 to the appropriate
State agency administering the State program under title V of the Act.