,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjac ,mr4 
,israel 7for himself and ,mr4           
,cartwright7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act to eliminate the 
five-month waiting period in the        
disability insurance program1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,social        
,security ,disability ,insurance for the
 ,terminally ,ill ,act of #bjac4  #b4   
,elimination of title ,,ii waiting      
period for terminally ill individuals   
7a7 ,in general ,section #bbc7;a77#a7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #dbc7;a77#a77 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
sentence3 ,in the case of any           
application for disability insurance    
benefits filed by an individual who is  
determined to be under a disability and 

who has been certified as terminally ill
 by a physician 7as defined in section  
#ahfa7r77#a771 this paragraph shall be  
applied without regard to any waiting   
period4 ,for the purposes of the        
preceding sentence1 an individual is    
considered to be terminally ill if the  
individual has a medical prognosis that 
the individual's life expectancy is #ab 
months or less44  7b7 ,effective date   
,the amendment made by this section     
shall take effect with respect to       
applications filed after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4