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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5715 

To adjust the age limitations under the Social Security program for payment 

of child’s insurance benefits to certain disabled individuals and for calculation of recent work for determining eligibility for Social Security 

disability insurance benefits. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2014 

Ms. SCHWARTZ (for herself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 

and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To adjust the age limitations under the Social Security program for payment of child’s insurance benefits to certain 

disabled individuals and for calculation of recent work 

for determining eligibility for Social Security disability 

insurance benefits. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child’s Insurance Ben5 efits Improvement Act of 2014’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF AGE LIMIT FOR RECEIPT OF 

2 CHILD’S BENEFIT BY A DISABLED INDI3 VIDUAL. 

4 (a) ENTITLEMENT AND RE-ENTITLEMENT FOR

5 CHILD’S BENEFIT.—Section 202(d) of the Social Security 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraphs (B) and (G) of paragraph 

8 (1), by striking ‘‘age of 22’’ each place it appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘age of 26’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘age of 

11 22’’ and inserting ‘‘age of 26’’. 

12 (b) EXEMPTION FROM SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS.— 

13 Section 225(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 425(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘age of 22’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘age of 26’’. 

16 (c) MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (c) of sec17 tion 1634 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383c) 

18 is amended by striking ‘‘age of 22’’ and inserting ‘‘age 

19 of 26’’. 

20 SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT OF AGE LIMITS FOR CALCULATION 

21 OF RECENT WORK FOR DISABILITY DETER22 MINATIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

24 216(i)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(3)) 

25 is amended— 

26 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii); 

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1 (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 

2 (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 

3 new clause: 

4 ‘‘(iii) if such quarter ends before he attains (or 

5 would attain) age 35, not less than one-half (and not 

6 less than 6) of the quarters during the period ending 

7 with such quarter and beginning after he attained 

8 the age of 25 were quarters of coverage, or (if the 

9 number of quarters in such period is less than 12) 

10 not less than 6 of the quarters in the 12-quarter pe11 riod ending with such quarter were quarters of cov12 erage,’’; 

13 (4) in clause (iv), as so redesignated— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after ‘‘clause 

15 (ii)’’; and 

16 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end 

17 and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

18 (5) by adding after clause (iv), as so redesig19 nated, the following new clause: 

20 ‘‘(v) in the case of an individual (not otherwise 

21 insured under clause (i)) who, by reason of clause 

22 (ii) or (iii), had a prior period of disability that 

23 began during a period before the quarter in which 

24 he or she attained age 35, not less than one-half of 

25 the quarters beginning after such individual attained 

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1 age 25 and ending with such quarter are quarters of 

2 coverage, or (if the number of quarters in such pe3 riod is less than 12) not less than 6 of the quarters 

4 in the 12-quarter period ending with such quarter 

5 are quarters of coverage;’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 

7 of section 223(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 423(c)(1)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii); 

10 (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 

11 (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 

12 new clause: 

13 ‘‘(iii) if such month ends before the quarter in 

14 which he attains (or would attain) age 35, not less 

15 than one-half (and not less than 6) of the quarters 

16 during the period ending with the quarter in which 

17 such month occurred and beginning after he at18 tained the age of 25 were quarters of coverage, or 

19 (if the number of quarters in such period is less 

20 than 12) not less than 6 of the quarters in the 12- 

21 quarter period ending with such quarter were quar22 ters of coverage,’’; and 

23 (4) in clause (iv), as so redesignated— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘section 216(i)(3)(B)(ii)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii) of section 

3 216(i)(3)(B)’’; and 

4 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end 

5 and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

6 (5) by adding after clause (iv), as so redesig7 nated, the following new clause: 

8 ‘‘(v) in the case of an individual (not otherwise 

9 insured under clause (i)) who, by reason of clause 

10 (ii) or (iii) of section 216(i)(3)(B), had a prior pe11 riod of disability that began during a period before 

12 the quarter in which he or she attained age 35, not 

13 less than one-half of the quarters beginning after 

14 such individual attained age 25 and ending with the 

15 quarter in which such month occurs are quarters of 

16 coverage, or (if the number of quarters in such pe17 riod is less than 12) not less than 6 of the quarters 

18 in the 12-quarter period ending with such quarter 

19 are quarters of coverage;’’. 

20 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

21 The amendments made by this Act shall apply to any 

22 individual who is under a disability (as defined in section 

23 223(d) of the Social Security Act) that began before, on, 

24 or after the date of enactment of this Act and continues, 

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1 ability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Secu2 rity Act for months beginning after such date of enact3 ment. 

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