20 CFR 416.1725 : Employees' Benefits (§ 1.1 To Parts 1011-1099) — (Part 400 To Part 499) — Social Security Administration (Part 400 To Part 499) — Supplemental Security Income For The Aged, Blind, And Disabled (§ 416.101 To § 416.2227) — Referral Of Persons Eligible For Supplemental Security Income To Other Agencies (§ 416.1701 To § 416.1725) — Referral For Treatment Of Alcoholism Or Drug Addiction (§ 416.1720 And § 416.1725) — Effect of your failure to comply with treatment requirements for your drug addiction or alcoholism.

(a) Suspension of benefits. Your eligibility for benefits will be suspended beginning with the first month after we notify you in writing that we have determined that you have failed to comply with the treatment requirements for your drug addiction or alcoholism as defined in § 416.940. Your benefits will be suspended and reinstated in accordance with the provisions in § 416.1326.

(b) Termination of benefits. If your benefits are suspended for 12 consecutive months for failure to comply with treatment in accordance with § 416.1326, your eligibility for disability benefits will be terminated in accordance with § 416.1331.