II
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2050
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 12, 2007
Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Arthur Woolweaver, Jr. Social Security
Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act
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Elimination of title II waiting period for terminally ill individuals
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 6 months or less.
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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.