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HR 4450 99th Congress House

Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act

Official title: A bill to make permanent and improve the provisions of section 1619 of the Social Security Act, which authorize the continued payment of SSI benefits to indivi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to make permanent and improve the provisions of section 1619 of the Social Security Act, which authorize the continued payment of SSI benefits to individuals who work despite severe medical impairment; to amend such Act to require concurrent notification of eligibility for SSI and medical benefits and notification to certain disabled SSI recipients of their potential eligibility for benefits under such section 1619; to provide for a GAO study of the effects of such section's work incentive provisions; and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 9, 1986 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare DisabledEmployment of the handicappedMedicaidOld age, survivors and disability insurance
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Social security eligibilitySupplemental security income program
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
Mar 19, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 19, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 26, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act - Makes permanent provisions which provide benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment.

Removes SSI limitations for the first two months of an individual's stay in a health facility if such individual was eligible for the benefits made permanent by this Act during the month preceding admission to the facility.

Requires the district offices of the Social Security Administration to each designate a staff member to implement the program providing benefits to individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite severe medical impairment. Revises the eligibility requirements for such benefits.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement procedures which provide that whenever an individual is formally notified of his or her SSI eligibility, such individual will also be notified of the availability of assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Directs the Secretary, when any individual receives SSI benefits on the basis of a disability, to notify such individual of his or her potential eligibility for the SSI benefits available for those performing substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the operation of the SSI section which provides benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment, with the particular objective of evaluating the work incentive provisions of such section. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress the findings of such study.

Provides that when an individual becomes ineligible for SSI benefits upon entitlement to child's insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, such individual shall be treated for Medicaid purposes as continuing to receive SSI benefits so long as he or she would otherwise be eligible for such benefits.

Authorizes the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects designed to assess the advantages and disadvantages of various work incentive programs under the OASDI and SSI programs. Sets forth reporting requirements.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4450: Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4450/
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