; (ii) the anticipated costs associated with replacing services lost by the closure, consolidation, or limitation on access; (iii) the anticipated effects on employees of the offices affected; (iv) how the loss of access resulting from the closure, consolidation, or limitation on access will be replaced by the establishment of a new field or hearing office, increased access at a different office, or some other means, and the factors considered by the Commissioner in determining how to replace such lost access; and (v) such other relevant factors as may be determined by the Commissioner, including but not limited to transportation and communication burdens faced by individuals serviced by the offices, including elderly and disabled citizens. (b) Requirements for future closures, consolidations, and new limitations on access (1) In general Section 704 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 904 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Field and Hearing Offices (1) The Commissioner may not close a field or hearing office of the Administration, consolidate two or more such offices, or otherwise impose any new limitation on public access to any such office, unless the Commissioner complies with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) in connection with the closure, consolidation, or limitation on public access. (2) (A) The requirements of this paragraph are met in connection with a closure, consolidation, or new limitation on access referred to in paragraph (1) only if— (i) not later than 120 days before the date of the closure, consolidation, or limitation on access, the Commissioner provides effective public notice of the proposed closure, consolidation, or limitation on access (including, to the extent practicable, notice by direct mailing and through community outlets such as newspapers and posting in heavily frequented public spaces) to individuals residing in the area serviced by the affected office or offices