113 HR 4893 IH: Jeremy Sanchez Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-06-18
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1.This Act may be cited as the Jeremy Sanchez Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act
.
2.Non-application of waiting period for disability insurance benefits in cases of terminally ill
beneficiaries
Section 223(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
(3)
(A)In the case of any application for disability insurance benefits filed by an individual who is
determined to be under a disability, paragraph (1) shall be applied
without regard to the waiting period referred to in such paragraph if—
(i)the individual is terminally ill, or
(ii)the Commissioner of Social Security determines that the application of the waiting period would
work an undue hardship on such individual (as determined on the basis of
criteria established by the Commissioner).
(B)For the purposes of this paragraph, an individual is considered to be terminally ill if the
individual has a medical prognosis that the individual’s life expectancy
is 12 months or less..
3.The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with respect to applications for monthly insurance
benefits filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.