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 an individual suffering from a terminal illness.

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Introduced

22 May 1979

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Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month during all of which such individual has such illness. Defines the term "terminal illness" to mean a medically determinable physical impairment which is expected to result in death within the next 12 months.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1203
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