---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.2216"
title: "20"
number: "416.2216"
heading: "When claims for payment for VR services must be made (filing deadlines)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.2216"
---

# §416.2216. When claims for payment for VR services must be made (filing deadlines).


The State VR agency must file a claim for payment in each individual case within the following time periods:

- (a) A claim for payment for VR services based on the completion of a continuous 9-month period of SGA must be filed within 12 months after the month in which the continuous 9-month period of SGA is completed.
- (b) A claim for payment for VR services provided to an individual whose disability or blindness benefits were continued after disability or blindness has ceased because of that individual's continued participation in a VR program must be filed as follows:
  - (1) If a written notice requesting that a claim be filed was sent to the State VR agency, a claim must be filed within 90 days following the month in which VR services end, or if later, within 90 days after receipt of the notice.
  - (2) If no written notice was sent to the State VR agency, a claim must be filed within 12 months after the month in which VR services end.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 8457, Mar. 8, 1990, as amended at 61 FR 31026, June 19, 1996; 68 FR 40125, July 7, 2003; 83 FR 62461, Dec. 4, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1615, 1631(d)(1) and (e), and 1633(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1382d, 1383(d)(1) and (e), and 1383b(a)).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 6297, Feb. 10, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 8457, Mar. 8, 1990, as amended at 61 FR 31026, June 19, 1996; 68 FR 40125, July 7, 2003; 83 FR 62461, Dec. 4, 2018]