[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5183 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5183

  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five 
month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals 
               with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2016

   Mr. Moulton (for himself and Mr. King of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five 
month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals 
               with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ALS Disability Insurance Access Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC 
              LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS).

    (a) In General.--Section 223 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
423) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter following 
                subparagraph (E), by striking ``or (ii)'' and inserting 
                ``(ii) in the case of an individual who has been 
                medically determined to have amyotrophic lateral 
                sclerosis (ALS), for each month beginning with the 
                first month during all of which the individual is under 
                a disability and in which the individual becomes 
                entitled to such insurance benefits, or (iii)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``or (iii)'' 
                after ``clause (ii)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to applications for disability insurance benefits 
filed after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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