I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1664
To provide for demonstration projects to test whether enrollment in the
supplemental security income program can be significantly increased by
offering nonprofit organizations financial incentives to engage in out-
reach.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 1995
Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for demonstration projects to test whether enroll-
ment in the supplemental security income program can
be significantly increased by offering nonprofit organiza-
tions financial incentives to engage in outreach.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 1664 IH
SECTION 1. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO TEST WHETH-
ER SSI ENROLLMENT CAN BE INCREASED BY
OFFERING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FI-
NANCIAL INCENTIVES TO ENGAGE IN OUT-
REACH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
1996, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
enter into two one-year contracts to test whether enroll-
ment in the supplemental security income program under
title XVI of the Social Security Act can be significantly
increased by offering private organizations financial incen-
tives to engage in outreach.
(b) TERMS OF CONTRACTS.—Each contract entered
into under this section shall obligate—
(1) a nonprofit organization to inform individ-
uals potentially eligible for supplemental security in-
come benefits of such potential eligibility, and to en-
courage such individuals to seek such benefits to as-
sist such individuals through the application process;
and
(2) the Secretary to pay the nonprofit organiza-
tion a sum certain for each individual who—
(A) before being contacted by the organiza-
tion, had not received supplemental security in-
come program under title XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act; and
HR 1664 IH
(B) after being so contacted, receives such
benefits during the term of the contract.
(c) LOCATION OF PROJECTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—One demonstration project
under this section shall be conducted in an urban
area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the So-
cial Security Act) with a high rate of poverty, and
one demonstration project under this section shall be
conducted in a rural area (as defined in such sec-
tion) with a high rate of poverty.
(2) HIGH
RATE
OF
POVERTY
DEFINED.—As
used in paragraph (1), the term ‘‘high rate of pov-
erty’’ means, with respect to an area, that the pov-
erty rate of the area for the most recent month for
which such data is available is at least 150 percent
of the poverty rate for such period for the United
States as a whole.
(d) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Not later than
March 31, 1998, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to the Congress a report on the re-
sults of the demonstration projects conducted under this
section, including—
(1) the per capita cost of enrolling individuals
in the supplemental security income program under
HR 1664 IH
title XVI of the Social Security Act through the
projects as compared to other outreach methods; and
(2) the percentage increase in enrollment of
residents of the areas in which the projects are con-
ducted in the supplemental security income program
under title XVI of the Social Security Act due to the
projects as compared to the percentage increase in
enrollment in such program due to other outreach
methods.
Æ