I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 930 
To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 
disability insurance benefits waiting period for individuals with disabil-
ities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. CROCKETT, 
Mr. CROW, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. LEGER 
FERNANDEZ, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
MAGAZINER, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SOTO, 
Mrs. SYKES, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, 
Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) intro-
duced 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 amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act 
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to eliminate the disability insurance benefits waiting pe-
riod for individuals with disabilities, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Wait Act of 
2025’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD FOR 
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE 
BENEFITS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR DIS-
ABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 223 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter fol-
lowing subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘disability insurance 
benefit (i) for each month’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘, or (iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘disability insurance benefit’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, but only if’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘under such dis-
ability’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘as 
though he had attained age 62 in—’’ and all 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2030, and 
apply with respect to applications for disability insurance 
benefits filed on or after January 1, 2029. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Effective January 
1, 2030: 
(1) Section 223(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)’’. 
(2) Section 7(d)(3) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(d)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘223(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘223(c)’’. 
SEC. 3. MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 
DURING WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECU-
RITY DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS
WITHOUT
MINIMUM
ESSENTIAL
COV-
ERAGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 226 the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 426) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1) For purposes of applying this section in the 
case of an eligible individual described in paragraph (2), 
the following special rules shall apply: 
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‘‘(A) Subsection (b)(2) shall be applied as 
if there were no requirement for any entitle-
ment to benefits, or status, for a period of 24 
months prior to receiving such benefits or sta-
tus. 
‘‘(B) The entitlement under such sub-
section shall be available retroactively to the 
first day of the first month (rather than twen-
ty-fifth month) of entitlement or status. 
‘‘(C) Subsection (f) shall not be applied. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of applying this section, an 
‘eligible individual’ is an individual, with respect to 
a month— 
‘‘(A) who has not yet attained the age of 
65; 
‘‘(B) who is entitled to benefits described 
in subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(2); and 
‘‘(C) 
with 
respect 
to 
whom 
section 
5000A(e)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 would apply if the reference to ‘8 per-
cent’ in such section were a reference to ‘8.5 
percent’.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1811 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c) is 
amended— 
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(A) at the end of paragraph (2), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) eligible individuals (as described in section 
226(j)(2)).’’. 
(b) SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND COVERAGE 
APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT MIN-
IMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE.—Section 1837 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(o)(1) In applying this section in the case of an eligi-
ble individual who is entitled to benefits under part A pur-
suant to the operation of section 226(j), the following spe-
cial rules shall apply: 
‘‘(A) The initial enrollment period under 
subsection (d) shall begin on the first day of the 
first month in which the individual satisfies the 
requirement of section 1836(a)(1). 
‘‘(B) In applying subsection (g)(1), the ini-
tial enrollment period shall begin on the first 
day of the first month of entitlement to dis-
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ability insurance benefits referred to in such 
subsection. 
‘‘(2) In applying this section in the case of an 
individual who became entitled to benefits under 
part A, but had not been entitled to such benefits 
for a period of 24 calendar months as of the date 
of enactment of the Stop the Wait Act of 2025, and 
is entitled to such benefits pursuant to the applica-
tion of section 226(j), the initial enrollment period 
under subsection (d) for such individual shall begin 
on the first day of the first month following the date 
of enactment of the Stop the Wait Act of 2025 and 
shall end seven months later.’’. 
Æ 
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