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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 13

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 23 Chapter 13 Determining Disability, Incapacity, and Blindness

13.7.1.B.6 Known Source of Medical Information Does Not Respond to Request If a request for medical information has been issued and the physician and/or medical facility failed to respond in the allotted time frame, the Worker is to secure a general physical. The Worker does not deny a case due to failure of the physician and/or medical facility to provide the requested information. 13.7.2 EXCHANGE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION WITH THE SSA DOHS and the SSA have an agreement to exchange information. The procedures are outlined below. 13.7.2.A Providing Medical Information to the SSA Copies of medical information are provided to the SSA upon receipt of a written request. The client's signature is not required to be on the form. If the individual is referred to the SSA for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI) based on disability, copies of medical/psychological information must be attached to the HS-3, provided that the HS-3 is mailed to the SSA Office. If the HS-3 is given to the client to take to the SSA Office, the medical reports will not be sent, unless a written request from the SSA is received. 13.7.2.B Requesting Medical Reports from the SSA Upon receipt of a properly completed request, the SSA provides the Worker with copies of medical reports used to evaluate an individual's disability for purposes of SSI and/or RSDI, when such reports are available to the SSA District Office. The availability of the medical reports depends on the location of the individual's SSA claims file at the time the request from the Department is received.