Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act

Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act

This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to allow the Social Security Administration to provide, to an individual who is denied OASDI or SSI benefits based on an adverse determination of disability, information on appropriate public or private entities that provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3310 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3310

   To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide 
  certain individuals with information on employment support services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2017

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide 
  certain individuals with information on employment support services.

    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 ``Promoting Opportunity for Disability 
Benefit Applicants Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING INFORMATION ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 
              SERVICES.

    (a) Amendment to Title II.--Title II of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 218 the 
following:

``SEC. 219. INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

    ``The Commissioner of Social Security may provide individuals who 
are denied benefits under this title based on an adverse determination 
of disability information on appropriate public or private entities 
that provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, 
or other support services.''.
    (b) Amendment to Title XVI.--Section 1615 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382d) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) The Commissioner of Social Security may provide individuals 
who are denied benefits under this title based on an adverse 
determination of disability information on appropriate public or 
private entities that provide employment services, vocational 
rehabilitation services, or other support services.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to applications for monthly benefits filed on 
or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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