HR 940 · 97th Congress · Social Welfare
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the benefit reduction presently applicable to individuals receiving support and maintenance from families with whom they are living, to continue supplemental security income payments for three months when a beneficiary is institutionalized, to provide for the monitoring of the supplemental security income trail work period provisions, and to make it clear that supplemental security income benefits (for up to three months) may be paid on the basis of presumptive mental (as well as physical) disability.
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.(1981-02-02)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide in the case of any individual living in another person's household, that support and maintenance received in kind from such person shall not be included in the income of such individual for the purpose of determining such individual's eligibility for benefits based on income under such title; (2) continue SSI benefits to a beneficiary for three months when such beneficiary is institutionalized; (3) monitor SSI beneficiaries trial work periods on a continuing basis; and (4) allow SSI benefits to be paid on the basis of presumptive mental disability.…
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Cosponsors (3)
2 Democrats1 Independent