,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham of ,new      
,mexico 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 provide for the non-application of  
the waiting period for disability       
insurance benefits in cases of          
terminally ill beneficiaries1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,jeremy        
,sanchez ,social ,security ,disability  
,insurance ,fairness ,act4  #b4         
,non-application of waiting period for  
disability insurance benefits in cases  
of terminally ill beneficiaries         
,section #bbc7;a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dbc7;a77 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7#c7  7,a7 ,in the case of  
any application for disability insurance
 benefits filed by an individual who is 

determined to be under a disability1    
paragraph 7#a7 shall be applied without 
regard to the waiting period referred to
 in such paragraph if--  7i7 the        
individual is terminally ill1 or  7ii7  
the ,commissioner of ,social ,security  
determines that the application of the  
waiting period would work an undue      
hardship on such individual 7as         
determined on the basis of criteria     
established by the ,commissioner74  7,b7
 ,for the purposes of this paragraph1 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 less4  
4  #c4 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made by section #b shall apply with     
respect to applications for monthly     
insurance benefits filed on or after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4