S. 579 — Enrolled Bill

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 1st Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one S. 579 AN ACT To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019. 1. Retroactive access to social security disability benefits individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (a) In general Section 2(b) of the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–250) is amended by striking applications for disability insurance benefits filed after the date of enactment of this Act and inserting applications for disability insurance benefits approved after the date that is 5 months before the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–250). Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate