[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 481 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 481

To amend the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the period 
             of medicare eligibility for disabled workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2001

Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Lewis 
   of Georgia, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
   Jefferson, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Holden, Mr. Frank, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. 
 McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Berman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Baird, 
Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Lantos, Mr. George Miller of 
California, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Rush) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the period 
             of medicare eligibility for disabled workers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Workers Opportunity Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING LIMITATION ON PERIOD OF MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY FOR 
              DISABLED WORKERS.

    (a) In General.--The next to last sentence of section 226(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 426(b)), as amended by section 202(a) of 
the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Public 
Law 106-170), is amended by striking ``, but not in excess of 78 such 
months''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2001.
    (c) Conforming Repeal.--Section 202(c) of the Ticket to Work and 
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-170; 113 Stat. 
1894) is repealed.
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