A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide full benefits for disabled wives, husbands, widows, and widowers without regard to age (and without regard to any previous reduction in their benefits), to provide benefits for essential spouses of disability beneficiaries without regard to age or children in care, to provide that all divorced spouses and former spouses (including husbands and fathers) may qualify for benefits and to liberalize eligibility for disability benefits.
Social Security Amendments of 1979 - Provides full benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act for disabled wives, husbands, widows, and widowers without respect to age. Authorizes benefits for essential spouses of disability beneficiaries without regard to age or children in care. Provides benefits for divorced husbands, surviving divorced husbands, and surviving fathers. Eliminates the requirement that the 20 quarters of coverage necessary for disability insurance must have occurred within a 40 quarter period.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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