United States · Bill · S
S. 2161 (103rd)
Social Security Disability Amendments Act of 1994
Introduced
7 June 1994
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary
Social Security Disability Amendments Act of 1994 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) disregard the deemed income and resources of an ineligible spouse when determining the continued eligibility of the disabled spouse for Medicaid; (2) provide that individual Plans for Achieving Self Support (PASS) shall be deemed approved unless disallowed within 60 days by the Social Security Administration; (3) disregard the income and/or resources received by a PASS recipient for the purpose of achieving housing or career goals; (4) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations that consider both individual career and housing goals, and the difficulty of achieving self-support; (5) treat certain grant, scholarship, or fellowship income as earned income according to a certain formula; and (6) retain SSI eligibility for students temporarily outside the United States who demonstrate that their absence is to conduct studies as part of an educational program sponsored by an educational institution in the United States and designed to prepare the individual for gainful employment.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 June 1994
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 June 1994
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 7 June 1994
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2161
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/103/s/2161