{"id":10963,"date":"2017-08-13T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T02:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/living-safety-information\/odsp%ef%bc%88ontario-disability-support-program%e3%80%81%e3%82%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%aa%e3%82%aa%e9%9a%9c%e3%81%8c%e3%81%84%e6%94%af%e6%8f%b4%e3%83%97%e3%83%ad%e3%82%b0%e3%83%a9%e3%83%a0%ef%bc%89\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:41:18","slug":"ontariodisabilitysupportprogram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/news\/ontariodisabilitysupportprogram\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when someone on ODSP gets a medical review date"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a translation of \u201cWhat happens when someone on ODSP gets a medical reveiw date\u201d published in June 2017, produced in English by\u00a0CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario)<\/a>. Japanese Social Services is wholly responsible for the accuracy of this translation, produced with permission of CLEO.<\/p>\n

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This month’s On the Radar talks about the process that the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) uses when they do a medical review.
\nThere’s more detailed information on the\u00a0Steps to Justice<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Who gets a medical review date<\/h3>\n

To\u00a0qualify for income support<\/a>\u00a0from ODSP, a person usually has to prove that they’re\u00a0a person with a disability<\/a>.
\nWhen the\u00a0Disability Adjudication Unit<\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0Social Benefits Tribunal<\/a>\u00a0decides that someone is a\u00a0person with a disability<\/a>, they may set a medical review date.
\nThey do this if they think that the person’s health might\u00a0improve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Medical Review Package<\/h3>\n

The Disability Adjudication Unit handles medical reviews. When they’re ready to do someone’s medical review, they send them a\u00a0Medical Review Package<\/a>. The package has instructions and forms that have to be filled out and sent back within\u00a090 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Completing Medical Form Part A<\/h3>\n

Medical Form Part A<\/a>\u00a0is already partly filled out when the person gets the Medical Review Package. It has information about the person’s medical conditions from the last time they had to show ODSP that they qualified for\u00a0income support<\/a>\u00a0as a person with a disability.
\nOne of the following “approved health professionals” must complete the Medical Form Part A:<\/p>\n