[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1664 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1664

To provide for demonstration projects to test whether enrollment in the 
supplemental security income program can be significantly increased by 
  offering nonprofit organizations financial incentives to engage in 
                               outreach.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 1995

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for demonstration projects to test whether enrollment in the 
supplemental security income program can be significantly increased by 
  offering nonprofit organizations financial incentives to engage in 
                               outreach.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO TEST WHETHER SSI ENROLLMENT CAN BE 
              INCREASED BY OFFERING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL 
              INCENTIVES TO ENGAGE IN OUTREACH.

    (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 1996, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall enter into two one-year contracts to 
test whether enrollment in the supplemental security income program 
under title XVI of the Social Security Act can be significantly 
increased by offering private organizations financial incentives to 
engage in outreach.
    (b) Terms of Contracts.--Each contract entered into under this 
section shall obligate--
            (1) a nonprofit organization to inform individuals 
        potentially eligible for supplemental security income benefits 
        of such potential eligibility, and to encourage such 
        individuals to seek such benefits to assist such individuals 
        through the application process; and
            (2) the Secretary to pay the nonprofit organization a sum 
        certain for each individual who--
                    (A) before being contacted by the organization, had 
                not received supplemental security income program under 
                title XVI of the Social Security Act; and
                    (B) after being so contacted, receives such 
                benefits during the term of the contract.
    (c) Location of Projects.--
            (1) In general.--One demonstration project under this 
        section shall be conducted in an urban area (as defined in 
        section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act) with a high 
        rate of poverty, and one demonstration project under this 
        section shall be conducted in a rural area (as defined in such 
        section) with a high rate of poverty.
            (2) High rate of poverty defined.--As used in paragraph 
        (1), the term ``high rate of poverty'' means, with respect to 
        an area, that the poverty rate of the area for the most recent 
        month for which such data is available is at least 150 percent 
        of the poverty rate for such period for the United States as a 
        whole.
    (d) Report to the Congress.--Not later than March 31, 1998, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the results of the demonstration projects conducted under 
this section, including--
            (1) the per capita cost of enrolling individuals in the 
        supplemental security income program under title XVI of the 
        Social Security Act through the projects as compared to other 
        outreach methods; and
            (2) the percentage increase in enrollment of residents of 
        the areas in which the projects are conducted in the 
        supplemental security income program under title XVI of the 
        Social Security Act due to the projects as compared to the 
        percentage increase in enrollment in such program due to other 
        outreach methods.
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