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DI 39530.001 DDS Equipment -- General

CITATIONS:



Section 221(f) of the Social Security Act;

Regulation 20 CFR 404.1623(a), 416.1023(a), 404.1628, and 416.1028.

A. Policy

1. Funding

Subject to appropriate Federal funding, the State will provide adequate equipment to facilitate accurate and prompt disability determinations.

2. Title/Ownership

Title to equipment rests with the State but ownership is transferred to SSA on:

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    the date the State is notified that SSA will assume the disability determination function; or

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    the date SSA is notified that the State wishes to terminate the relationship.

3. Obtaining equipment

The disability determination services (DDS) may obtain equipment through:

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    Purchase

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    Rental

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    Lease/Purchase agreement.

4. Information Technology equipment

Information technology (IT) equipment is to be considered separately from other equipment. Standards and requirements applicable to IT equipment are found in specific chapters in DI 39536.000. All other references in DI 39536 to "equipment" are irrelevant to IT equipment.

B. Definition of equipment

Equipment is any article of tangible personal property that has a lifeof more than one year, an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit, and probable resale, salvage or trade-in value.

NOTE: Rental equipment is also covered by this definition.

To Link to this section - Use this URL:
http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0439530001
DI 39530.001 - DDS Equipment -- General - 05/03/2023
Batch run: 05/03/2023
Rev:05/03/2023