[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2840 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2840
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
July 23, 2003
Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr.
Rahall, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Owens, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Conyers,
Mr. Waxman, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr.
Cummings, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Payne,
Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Gordon, Mr.
Kucinich, Mr. Frost, Mr. McGovern, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Hoyer,
Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Lantos, 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 ``Workers with Disabilities
Opportunity Act''.
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)) 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, 2003.
(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1894) is repealed.
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