Supplemental Security Income Amendments

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Supplemental Security Income Amendments - Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Age, Blind, or Disabled) of the Social Security Act in order to provide for the more timely determination of eligibility of individuals for benefits and payment of benefits to eligible individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make payments of benefits to presumptively blind individuals for up to three months prior to the determination of the indivudual's blindness. Directs the Secretary to refer blind or disabled recipients of supplemental security income benefits who are under the age of 13 to the appropriate State agencies administering plans for maternal and child health services, and services for crippled children. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program designed specifically to assure that all individuals who are or may become eligible for supplemental security income benefits will be fully informed of the availability and nature of such benefits and of the steps to be taken in obtaining them. Removes the requirement that benefit payments for persons who are disabled by alcoholism or drug addiction be paid to third parties and permits the paym…