[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 498 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 498

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to deny SSI benefits for 
individuals whose disability is based on alcoholism or drug addiction, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to deny SSI benefits for 
individuals whose disability is based on alcoholism or drug addiction, 
                        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. DENIAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS BY REASON OF 
              DISABILITY BASED ON ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1614(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(I) An individual shall not be considered to be disabled for 
purposes of this title if (but for this subparagraph) alcoholism or 
drug addiction would be a contributing factor material to the 
Commissioner's determination that the individual is disabled.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1611(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations Relating To Savings Realized.--
From the amount which would otherwise have been expended for fiscal 
years 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, but for the amendments made by this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated for each such fiscal 
year--
            (1) $95,000,000 for substance abuse treatment services 
        grants through the Federal Capacity Expansion Program under 
        section 1971 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300y); 
        and
            (2) $5,000,000 for the medication development project of 
        the National Institute on Drug Abuse to improve drug abuse and 
        drug treatment research.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to determinations made after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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