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S 2904 114th Congress Senate

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five month waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Introduced: May 16, 2016 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Disability assistanceNeurological disorders
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 9, 2016
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 Latest action May 9, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2016

This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and require their payment starting the first month during all of which the individual is under a disability and in which the individual becomes entitled to the benefits.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2904: ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2904/
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