A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that a recipient of SSI benefits who is in a medical institution for 6 months or less shall continue to receive full benefits if such individual maintains his or her personal residence while in such institution.

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to permit the eligibility of an individual for any month in which he or she is a patient in a medical institution, if: (1) the month is one of the first six months of institutionalization during any continuous period of institutionalization; and (2) the individual maintains his or her residence while institutionalized.