[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2047 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2047

  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-
month waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2013

 Mr. Israel (for himself and Mr. Cartwright) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-
month waiting period in the disability insurance program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Disability Insurance 
for the Terminally Ill Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TITLE II WAITING PERIOD FOR TERMINALLY ILL 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``In the case of any application for disability insurance 
benefits filed by an individual who is determined to be under a 
disability and who has been certified as terminally ill by a physician 
(as defined in section 1861(r)(1)), this paragraph shall be applied 
without regard to any waiting period. For the purposes of the preceding 
sentence, an individual is considered to be terminally ill if the 
individual has a medical prognosis that the individual's life 
expectancy is 12 months or less.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect with respect to applications filed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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