1.Full benefits for disabled
widows and widowers without regard to age
(a)Eligibility for
widow’s insurance benefitsSection 202(e) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e))
is amended—
(1)in paragraph
(1)(B)(ii), by striking has attained age 50 but has not attained age 60
and
;
(2)in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking after attaining age 50 if she was entitled before
such marriage occurred
and inserting after having been
entitled
; and
(3)in paragraph
(3)(B), by striking after attaining age 50
.
(b)Eligibility for
widower’s insurance benefitsSection 202(f) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(f)) is amended—
(1)in paragraph
(1)(B)(ii), by striking has attained age 50 but has not attained age 60
and
;
(2)in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking after attaining age 50 if he was entitled before
such marriage occurred
and inserting after having been
entitled
; and
(3)in paragraph
(3)(B), by striking after attaining age 50
.
2.Exemption from
reductions in benefitsSection
202(q) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 402(q)) is amended—
(1)in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking age 50
and inserting age 60
;
and
(2)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(12)Notwithstanding any other provision
of this section, there shall be no reduction under this subsection in the
widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit of an individual for any month in which
such individual is under a disability (as defined in section 223(d)); and none
of the provisions of this subsection shall apply with respect to such benefit
even though such benefit may have been so reduced prior to the onset of such
disability.
.
3.Effective date
and redetermination of benefitsThe amendments made by this Act shall apply
with respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title II of the
Social Security Act for months after
the month in which this Act is enacted. The Commissioner of Social Security
(without the necessity of any application therefor) shall redetermine the
amount of any widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit which is payable for the
month in which this Act is enacted in order to reflect such amendments as
provided in the preceding sentence.