,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1 #bjad 
,ms4 ,schwartz 7for herself and ,mr4    
,thompson of ,california7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to adjust the age           
limitations under the ,social ,security 
program for payment of child's insurance
 benefits to certain disabled           
individuals and for calculation of      
recent work for determining eligibility 
for ,social ,security disability        
insurance benefits4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,child's 
,insurance ,benefits ,improvement ,act  
of #bjad4  #b4 ,adjustment of age limit 
for receipt of child's benefit by a     

disabled individual  7a7 ,entitlement   
and re-,entitlement for child's benefit 
,section #bjb7;d7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;d77 
is amended--  7#a7 in subparagraphs 7,b7
 and 7,g7 of paragraph 7#a71 by striking
 age of #bb each place it appears and   
inserting age of #bf2 and  7#b7 in      
paragraph 7#f77;,a71 by striking age of 
#bb and inserting age of #bf4  7b7      
,exemption from suspension of benefits  
,section #bbe7;a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dbe7;a77 
is amended by striking age of #bb and   
inserting age of #bf4  7c7 ,medicaid    
eligibility ,subsection 7c7 of section  
#afcd of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #achc;c7 is amended by       
striking age of #bb and inserting age of
 #bf4  #c4 ,adjustment of age limits for
 calculation of recent work for         
disability determinations  7a7 ,in      
general ,subparagraph 7,b7 of section   
#baf7;i77#c7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #daf7;i77#c77 is    

amended--  7#a7 by striking or at the   
end of clause 7ii72  7#b7 by            
redesignating clause 7iii7 as clause    
7iv72  7#c7 by inserting after clause   
7ii7 the following new clause3  7iii7 if
 such quarter ends before he attains 7or
 would attain7 age #ce1 not less than   
one-half 7and not less than #f7 of the  
quarters during the period ending with  
such quarter and beginning after he     
attained the age of #be were quarters of
 coverage1 or 7if the number of quarters
 in such period is less than #ab7 not   
less than #f of the quarters in the     
#ab-quarter period ending with such     
quarter were quarters of coverage1  2   
7#d7 in clause 7iv71 as so              
redesignated--  7,a7 by inserting or    
7iii7 after clause 7ii72 and  7,b7 by   
striking the semicolon at the end and   
inserting 1 or2 and  7#e7 by adding     
after clause 7iv71 as so redesignated1  
the following new clause3  7v7 in the   
case of an individual 7not otherwise    
insured under clause 7i77 who1 by reason

 of clause 7ii7 or 7iii71 had a prior   
period of disability that began during a
 period before the quarter in which he  
or she attained age #ce1 not less than  
one-half of the quarters beginning after
 such individual attained age #be and   
ending with such quarter are quarters of
 coverage1 or 7if the number of quarters
 in such period is less than #ab7 not   
less than #f of the quarters in the     
#ab-quarter period ending with such     
quarter are quarters of coverage2  4    
7b7 ,conforming amendment ,subparagraph 
7,b7 of section #bbc7;c77#a7 of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dbc7;c77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 by     
striking or at the end of clause 7ii72  
7#b7 by redesignating clause 7iii7 as   
clause 7iv72  7#c7 by inserting after   
clause 7ii7 the following new clause3   
7iii7 if such month ends before the     
quarter in which he attains 7or would   
attain7 age #ce1 not less than one-half 
7and not less than #f7 of the quarters  
during the period ending with the       

quarter in which such month occurred and
 beginning after he attained the age of 
#be were quarters of coverage1 or 7if   
the number of quarters in such period is
 less than #ab7 not less than #f of the 
quarters in the #ab-quarter period      
ending with such quarter were quarters  
of coverage1  2 and  7#d7 in clause     
7iv71 as so redesignated--  7,a7 by     
striking section #baf7;i77#c77;,b77ii7  
and inserting clause 7ii7 or 7iii7 of   
section #baf7;i77#c77;,b72 and  7,b7 by 
striking the semicolon at the end and   
inserting 1 or2 and  7#e7 by adding     
after clause 7iv71 as so redesignated1  
the following new clause3  7v7 in the   
case of an individual 7not otherwise    
insured under clause 7i77 who1 by reason
 of clause 7ii7 or 7iii7 of section     
#baf7;i77#c77;,b71 had a prior period of
 disability that began during a period  
before the quarter in which he or she   
attained age #ce1 not less than one-half
 of the quarters beginning after such   
individual attained age #be and ending  

with the quarter in which such month    
occurs are quarters of coverage1 or 7if 
the number of quarters in such period is
 less than #ab7 not less than #f of the 
quarters in the #ab-quarter period      
ending with such quarter are quarters of
 coverage2  4  #d4 ,effective date ,the 
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 to any individual who is under a       
disability 7as defined in section       
#bbc7;d7 of the ,social ,security ,act7 
that began before1 on1 or after the date
 of enactment of this ,act and          
continues1 but only with respect to     
child's insurance benefits or disability
 insurance benefits under title ,,ii of 
the ,social ,security ,act for months   
beginning after such date of enactment4