A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a terminal illness.

Introduced

6 January 1983

Last action

13 January 1983 · Referred

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

Sponsors

Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4], Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7], Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-6], Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1], Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2], Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18], Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-33], Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2], Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11], Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17], Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10], Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19], Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6], Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14], Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1], Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6], Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8], Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4], Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19], Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5], Rep. Savage, Gus [D-IL-2], Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN], Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17], Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13], Rescom. Corrada, Baltasar [I-PR-At Large], Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3]

Subjects

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Source updated

7 February 2024