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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 930
To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the
disability insurance benefits waiting period for individuals with disabil-
ities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY4, 2025
Mr. D
OGGETT(for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. BARRAGA´N,
Mr. B
EYER, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLEof Pennsylvania,
Ms. B
ROWNLEY, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Mr.
C
ASTROof Texas, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. CROCKETT,
Mr. C
ROW, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mrs. MCCLAINDELANEY, Ms.
D
ELAURO, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. LEGER
F
ERNANDEZ, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr.
G
ARCI´Aof Illinois, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Mr. GOLDENof Maine, Mr.
G
OLDMANof New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GREENof Texas, Mr.
G
RIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. HOYLEof Oregon, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHN-
SONof Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Mr. LYNCH, Mr.
M
AGAZINER, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr.
N
ORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms.
S
CANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SOTO,
Mrs. S
YKES, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. TITUS,
Mr. T
ONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Mr. VEASEY, Ms.
V
ELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMANSCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON
C
OLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, and Ms. WILSONof Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act
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to eliminate the disability insurance benefits waiting pe-
riod for individuals with disabilities, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Wait Act of 4
2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD FOR 6
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE 7
BENEFITS. 8
(a) E
LIMINATION OF WAITINGPERIOD FORDIS-9
ABILITYINSURANCEBENEFITS.—Section 223 of the So-10
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423) is amended— 11
(1) in subsection (a)— 12
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter fol-13
lowing subparagraph (E)— 14
(i) by striking ‘‘disability insurance 15
benefit (i) for each month’’ and all that 16
follows through ‘‘, or (iii)’’ and inserting 17
‘‘disability insurance benefit’’; and 18
(ii) by striking ‘‘, but only if’’ and all 19
that follows through ‘‘under such dis-20
ability’’; and 21
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘as 22
though he had attained age 62 in—’’ and all 23
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that follows through ‘‘such disability insurance 1
benefits,’’ and inserting ‘‘as though the indi-2
vidual had attained age 62 in the first month 3
for which the individual becomes entitled to 4
such disability insurance benefits,’’; and 5
(2) in subsection (c)— 6
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 7
‘‘Definitions of Insured Status and Waiting Pe-8
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘Definition of Insured Sta-9
tus’’; 10
(B) by striking ‘‘For purposes of this sec-11
tion’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in any 12
month if—’’ and inserting ‘‘For purposes of 13
this section, an individual shall be insured for 14
disability insurance benefits in any month if— 15
’’; 16
(C) by striking paragraph (2); 17
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 18
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively 19
(and adjusting the margins accordingly); 20
(E) in paragraph (2) (as so redesig-21
nated)— 22
(i) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 23
and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and 24
(C), respectively; and 25
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(ii) in subparagraph (C) (as so redes-1
ignated), by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ and in-2
serting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 3
(F) in the matter following subparagraph 4
(C) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘subpara-5
graph (B) of this paragraph’’ each place it ap-6
pears and inserting ‘‘this paragraph’’. 7
(b) P
HASE-DOWN OFWAITINGPERIOD FORDIS-8
ABILITYINSURANCEBENEFITS.—For purposes of appli-9
cations for disability insurance benefits filed on or after 10
the date of enactment of this Act and before January 1, 11
2030, section 223(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 12
U.S.C. 423(c)(2)) shall be applied by making the following 13
substitutions: 14
(1) For applications filed in calendar years 15
2025, 2026, or 2027, substitute ‘‘three’’ for ‘‘five’’ 16
and ‘‘fifteenth’’ for ‘‘seventeenth’’ each place it ap-17
pears. 18
(2) For applications filed in calendar year 19
2028, substitute ‘‘two’’ for ‘‘five’’ and ‘‘fourteenth’’ 20
for ‘‘seventeenth’’ each place it appears. 21
(3) For applications filed in calendar year 22
2029, substitute ‘‘one’’ for ‘‘five’’ and ‘‘thirteenth’’ 23
for ‘‘seventeenth’’ each place it appears. 24
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(c) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2030, and 2
apply with respect to applications for disability insurance 3
benefits filed on or after January 1, 2029. 4
(d) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Effective January 5
1, 2030: 6
(1) Section 223(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security 7
Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 8
‘‘(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)’’. 9
(2) Section 7(d)(3) of the Railroad Retirement 10
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(d)(3)) is amended by 11
striking ‘‘223(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘223(c)’’. 12
SEC. 3. MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 13
DURING WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECU-14
RITY DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS. 15
(a) E
LIMINATION OFWAITINGPERIOD FORCERTAIN 16
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NDIVIDUALS WITHOUTMINIMUMESSENTIALCOV-17
ERAGE.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 226 the Social Secu-19
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 426) is amended by adding at 20
the end the following new subsection: 21
‘‘(j)(1) For purposes of applying this section in the 22
case of an eligible individual described in paragraph (2), 23
the following special rules shall apply: 24
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‘‘(A) Subsection (b)(2) shall be applied as 1
if there were no requirement for any entitle-2
ment to benefits, or status, for a period of 24 3
months prior to receiving such benefits or sta-4
tus. 5
‘‘(B) The entitlement under such sub-6
section shall be available retroactively to the 7
first day of the first month (rather than twen-8
ty-fifth month) of entitlement or status. 9
‘‘(C) Subsection (f) shall not be applied. 10
‘‘(2) For purposes of applying this section, an 11
‘eligible individual’ is an individual, with respect to 12
a month— 13
‘‘(A) who has not yet attained the age of 14
65; 15
‘‘(B) who is entitled to benefits described 16
in subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(2); and 17
‘‘(C) with respect to whom section 18
5000A(e)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code 19
of 1986 would apply if the reference to ‘8 per-20
cent’ in such section were a reference to ‘8.5 21
percent’.’’. 22
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Section 1811 23
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c) is 24
amended— 25
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(A) at the end of paragraph (2), by strik-1
ing ‘‘and’’; 2
(B) by striking the period at the end and 3
inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 4
(C) by adding at the end the following new 5
paragraph: 6
‘‘(4) eligible individuals (as described in section 7
226(j)(2)).’’. 8
(b) S
PECIALENROLLMENTPERIOD ANDCOVERAGE 9
A
PPLICATION FORCERTAININDIVIDUALSWITHOUTMIN-10
IMUMESSENTIALCOVERAGE.—Section 1837 of the Social 11
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) is amended by adding at 12
the end the following new subsection: 13
‘‘(o)(1) In applying this section in the case of an eligi-14
ble individual who is entitled to benefits under part A pur-15
suant to the operation of section 226(j), the following spe-16
cial rules shall apply: 17
‘‘(A) The initial enrollment period under 18
subsection (d) shall begin on the first day of the 19
first month in which the individual satisfies the 20
requirement of section 1836(a)(1). 21
‘‘(B) In applying subsection (g)(1), the ini-22
tial enrollment period shall begin on the first 23
day of the first month of entitlement to dis-24
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ability insurance benefits referred to in such 1
subsection. 2
‘‘(2) In applying this section in the case of an 3
individual who became entitled to benefits under 4
part A, but had not been entitled to such benefits 5
for a period of 24 calendar months as of the date 6
of enactment of the Stop the Wait Act of 2025, and 7
is entitled to such benefits pursuant to the applica-8
tion of section 226(j), the initial enrollment period 9
under subsection (d) for such individual shall begin 10
on the first day of the first month following the date 11
of enactment of the Stop the Wait Act of 2025 and 12
shall end seven months later.’’. 13
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