[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3913 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 3913

    To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to terminate the 
eligibility of children under 16 years of age for supplemental security 
 income benefits by reason of disability, and preserve the eligibility 
            of such disabled children for medicaid benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1994

    Mr. Smith of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Gekas) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
          Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to terminate the 
eligibility of children under 16 years of age for supplemental security 
 income benefits by reason of disability, and preserve the eligibility 
            of such disabled children for medicaid benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN CHILDREN FOR 
              SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS BY REASON OF 
              DISABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1614(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``under the age of 
18'' and inserting ``who has attained 16 years of age but has not 
attained 18 years of age''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1614 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(H), by inserting ``has attained 
        the age of 16 years but'' before ``has not''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by inserting ``has attained 
        the age of 16 years but'' before ``has not''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF DISABLED CHILDREN FOR MEDICAID 
              BENEFITS.

    Section 1634 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383c) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) For purposes of title XIX, a child is deemed to be receiving 
benefits under this title if--
            ``(1) the child has not attained 16 years of age;
            ``(2) the child is suffering from any medically 
        determinable physical or mental impairment of comparable 
        severity to a physical or mental impairment described in 
        section 1614(a)(3);
            ``(3) the income of the child (other than income excluded 
        pursuant to section 1612(b)) is less than the amount that would 
        cause the child to be ineligible for payments under this title;
            ``(4) the resources of the child (other than resources 
        excluded pursuant to section 1613(a)) is less than the amount 
        that would cause the child to be ineligible for payments under 
        this title; and
            ``(5) the child meets all other non-disability-related 
        requirements for eligibility for benefits under this title.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to benefits for 
calendar months that begin after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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