[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1577 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1577

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of 
benefits to any individual confined to a public institution pursuant to 
   court order based on a verdict that the individual is guilty of a 
   criminal offense, but insane, or not guilty of such an offense by 
              reason of insanity, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 21 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of 
benefits to any individual confined to a public institution pursuant to 
   court order based on a verdict that the individual is guilty of a 
   criminal offense, but insane, or not guilty of such an offense by 
              reason of insanity, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS CONFINED 
              BY COURT ORDER TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PURSUANT TO 
              VERDICTS OF GUILTY BUT INSANE OR NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF 
              INSANITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(x)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(x)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no monthly 
benefits shall be paid under this section or under section 223 to any 
individual for any month during which such individual is confined in 
any public institution by a court order pursuant to a verdict that the 
individual is--
            ``(i) guilty of an offense described in subparagraph (A), 
        but insane (or subject to a similar condition, such as a mental 
        disease, a mental defect, or mental incompetence); or
            ``(ii) not guilty of such an offense by reason of insanity 
        (or by reason of a similar finding, such as a mental disease, a 
        mental defect, or mental incompetence).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 202(x)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is 
        amended by striking ``any individual'' and all that follows and 
        inserting ``any individual confined as described in paragraph 
        (1) if the jail, prison, penal institution, correctional 
        facility, or other public institution to which such individual 
        is so confined is under the jurisdiction of such agency and the 
        Secretary requires such information to carry out the provisions 
        of this section.''.
            (2) The heading for section 202(x) of such Act is amended 
        by inserting ``and Certain Other Inmates of Public 
        Institutions'' after ``Prisoners''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to benefits for months commencing after 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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