[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 578 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 578

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                                 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.

            Passed the Senate December 2, 2020.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 578

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.