Child's Insurance Benefits Improvement Act of 2014

Child's Insurance Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to child insurance benefits based on disability, to raise from 22 to 26 the cut-off age for entitlement and re-entitlement to such benefits.

Raises from 22 to 26 the cut-off age before which the suspension of disability benefits, based on evidence that the disability has ceased, shall not apply to a full-time student.

Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to raise from 22 to 26 the cut-off age at which individuals receiving SSI benefits based on blindness or disability cease to be entitled to SSI benefits and become entitled to child's OASDI benefits based on disability.

Amends SSA title II to adjust related age limits for calculation of recent work for disability determinations.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5715 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child's Insurance Benefits 
Improvement Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF AGE LIMIT FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD'S BENEFIT BY A 
              DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.

    (a) Entitlement and Re-Entitlement for Child's Benefit.--Section 
202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraphs (B) and (G) of paragraph (1), by 
        striking ``age of 22'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``age of 26''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``age of 22'' and 
        inserting ``age of 26''.
    (b) Exemption From Suspension of Benefits.--Section 225(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 425(a)) is amended by striking ``age of 
22'' and inserting ``age of 26''.
    (c) Medicaid Eligibility.--Subsection (c) of section 1634 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383c) is amended by striking ``age of 
22'' and inserting ``age of 26''.

SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT OF AGE LIMITS FOR CALCULATION OF RECENT WORK FOR 
              DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 216(i)(3) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
            (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv);
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new 
        clause:
            ``(iii) if such quarter ends before he attains (or would 
        attain) age 35, not less than one-half (and not less than 6) of 
        the quarters during the period ending with such quarter and 
        beginning after he attained the age of 25 were quarters of 
        coverage, or (if the number of quarters in such period is less 
        than 12) not less than 6 of the quarters in the 12-quarter 
        period ending with such quarter were quarters of coverage,'';
            (4) in clause (iv), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by inserting ``or (iii)'' after ``clause 
                (ii)''; and
                    (B) by striking the semicolon at the end and 
                inserting ``, or''; and
            (5) by adding after clause (iv), as so redesignated, the 
        following new clause:
            ``(v) in the case of an individual (not otherwise insured 
        under clause (i)) who, by reason of clause (ii) or (iii), had a 
        prior period of disability that began during a period before 
        the quarter in which he or she attained age 35, not less than 
        one-half of the quarters beginning after such individual 
        attained age 25 and ending with such quarter are quarters of 
        coverage, or (if the number of quarters in such period is less 
        than 12) not less than 6 of the quarters in the 12-quarter 
        period ending with such quarter are quarters of coverage;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of section 223(c)(1) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
            (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv);
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new 
        clause:
            ``(iii) if such month ends before the quarter in which he 
        attains (or would attain) age 35, not less than one-half (and 
        not less than 6) of the quarters during the period ending with 
        the quarter in which such month occurred and beginning after he 
        attained the age of 25 were quarters of coverage, or (if the 
        number of quarters in such period is less than 12) not less 
        than 6 of the quarters in the 12-quarter period ending with 
        such quarter were quarters of coverage,''; and
            (4) in clause (iv), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``section 216(i)(3)(B)(ii)'' and 
                inserting ``clause (ii) or (iii) of section 
                216(i)(3)(B)''; and
                    (B) by striking the semicolon at the end and 
                inserting ``, or''; and
            (5) by adding after clause (iv), as so redesignated, the 
        following new clause:
            ``(v) in the case of an individual (not otherwise insured 
        under clause (i)) who, by reason of clause (ii) or (iii) of 
        section 216(i)(3)(B), had a prior period of disability that 
        began during a period before the quarter in which he or she 
        attained age 35, not less than one-half of the quarters 
        beginning after such individual attained age 25 and ending with 
        the quarter in which such month occurs are quarters of 
        coverage, or (if the number of quarters in such period is less 
        than 12) not less than 6 of the quarters in the 12-quarter 
        period ending with such quarter are quarters of coverage;''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to any individual who 
is under a disability (as defined in section 223(d) of the Social 
Security Act) that began before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this Act and continues, but only with respect to child's insurance 
benefits or disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social 
Security Act for months beginning after such date of enactment.
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