3.0.0 379 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z Senate S 2017-02-15 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-15T15:45:19Z ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 115 1171 HR 2017-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Related bill CRS 2017-02-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-02-15 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-02-15 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2017-02-15 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-02-16 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-02-16 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-02-16 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-02-16 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-02-17 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-02-27 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-02-28 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-02-28 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-03-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-03-06 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-03-09 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-04-24 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2017-04-27 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-05-15 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-05-15 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-05-16 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2017-05-23 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-05-23 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2017-06-07 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2017-09-05 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-04-11 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-05-08 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2018-05-15 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-05-23 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-05-23 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-06-11 False K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2018-06-11 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2018-06-13 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-07-09 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2018-09-06 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-11-15 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-11-27 False Social Welfare Disability assistance Neurological disorders Social Welfare 00 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-29T18:39:59Z ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments can begin.

]]> ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 Display Title ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five month waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s379is/xml/BILLS-115s379is.xml 2017-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.