text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Randy Barrett Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. WAIVER OF 5-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR BENEFITS BASED ON 
                DISABILITY IN CASES OF TERMINALLY ILL BENEFICIARIES.
  
      (a) Disability Insurance Benefits.--Section 223(a) of the Social 
  Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following new paragraph:
      ``(3)(A) In the case of any individual who is terminally ill and is 
  not entitled to disability insurance benefits under this section for 
  any month solely by reason of the waiting period under clause (i) in 
  the first sentence of paragraph (1), the Commissioner of Social 
  Security shall waive the application of the waiting period, and, 
  notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of paragraph 
  (1), such individual shall be entitled to disability insurance benefits 
  for each month, beginning with the first month during all of which such 
  individual is under a disability and in which such individual would 
  become so entitled to such insurance benefits under such sentence but 
  for such waiting period, and ending as provided in paragraph (1).
      ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual is considered 
  to be `terminally ill' if the individual has a medical prognosis, 
  certified by a physician, that the individual's life expectancy is 12 
  months or less.''.
      (b) Widow's Insurance Benefits Based on Disability.--Section 
  202(e)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the 
  end the following new subparagraph:
      ``(C)(i) In the case of any individual who is terminally ill and is 
  not entitled to widow's insurance benefits under this section for any 
  month solely by reason of the waiting period under paragraph (1)(F)(i), 
  the Commissioner of Social Security shall waive the application of the 
  waiting period, and, notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 
  (1)(F), such individual shall be entitled to widow's insurance benefits 
  for each month, beginning with the first month during all of which she 
  is under a disability and in which she would become so entitled to such 
  insurance benefits under paragraph (1) but for such waiting period, and 
  ending as provided in paragraph (1).
      ``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, an individual is 
  considered to be `terminally ill' if the individual has a medical 
  prognosis, certified by a physician, that the individual's life 
  expectancy is 12 months or less.''.
      (c) Widower's Insurance Benefits Based on Disability.--Section 
  202(f)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(6)) is amended by adding at the 
  end the following new subparagraph:
      ``(C)(i) In the case of any individual who is terminally ill and is 
  not entitled to widower's insurance benefits under this section for any 
  month solely by reason of the waiting period under paragraph (1)(F)(i), 
  the Commissioner of Social Security shall waive the application of the 
  waiting period, and, notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 
  (1)(F), such individual shall be entitled to widower's insurance 
  benefits for each month, beginning with the first month during all of 
  which he is under a disability and in which he would become so entitled 
  to such insurance benefits under paragraph (1) but for such waiting 
  period, and ending as provided in paragraph (1).
      ``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, an individual is 
  considered to be `terminally ill' if the individual has a medical 
  prognosis, certified by a physician, that the individual's life 
  expectancy is 12 months or less.''.
      (d) Commencement of Period of Disability.--Section 216(i)(2)(A) of 
  such Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(2)(A)) is amended--
              (1) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(2)(A)'';
              (2) by inserting ``(I)'' after ``but only if'';
              (3) by inserting ``(II)'' after ``duration or''; and
              (4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
      ``(ii) In any case in which an individual is terminally ill and a 
  month is not included within a period of disability of such individual 
  solely by reason of the 5-month duration requirement under clause 
  (i)(I), the Commissioner of Social Security shall waive the application 
  of such requirement, and, notwithstanding clause (i)(I), such month 
  shall be included in a period of disability. For purposes of this 
  subparagraph, an individual is considered to be `terminally ill' if the 
  individual has a medical prognosis, certified by a physician, that the 
  individual's life expectancy is 12 months or less.''.
  
  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATES.
  
      The amendments made by subsection (a) of section 2 of this Act 
  shall apply only with respect to benefits under section 223 of the 
  Social Security Act, or under section 202 of such Act on the basis of 
  the wages and self-employment income of an individual entitled to 
  benefits under such section 223, for months beginning after the date of 
  the enactment of this Act. The amendments made by subsections (b) and 
  (c) of section 2 of this Act shall apply only with respect to benefits 
  based on disability under subsection (e) or (f) of section 202 of the 
  Social Security Act for months after the date of the enactment of this 
  Act. The amendments made by subsection (d) of section 2 of this Act 
  shall apply only with respect to applications for disability 
  determinations filed under title II of the Social Security Act after 
  the date of the enactment of this Act.
target: Randy Barrett Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to waive the five-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in the case of any individual who is terminally ill and is not entitled to disability insurance benefits under OASDI for any month solely by reason of such waiting period.
feat_title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require waiver of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in the case of a terminally ill beneficiary.