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[S. 578 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.578

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month 
 waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for 
             individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    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 ``ALS Disability Insurance Access Act 
of 2019''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY 
INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL 
SCLEROSIS (ALS).
    (a) In General.--Section 223(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended in the matter following subparagraph (E) 
by striking ``or (ii)'' and inserting ``(ii) in the case of an 
individual who has been medically determined to have amyotrophic 
lateral sclerosis, for each month beginning with the first month during 
all of which the individual is under a disability and in which the 
individual becomes entitled to such insurance benefits, or (iii)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to applications for disability insurance benefits filed 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.