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PUBLIC LAW 590-JULY 18, 1952

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accepted as an application for the purposes of this paragraph, and no such application which is filed prior to July 1, 1953, shall be accepted. "(3) The requirements referred to in paragraphs (2)(C) and (4) (B) are satisfied by an individual with respect to any quarter only if he had not less than— Ante, p. 770. « ( ^) gj^ quarters of coverage (as defined in section 213(a)(2)) during the thirteen-quarter period which ends with such quarter; •and "(B) twenty quarters of coverage during the forty-quarter period which ends with such quarter, not counting as part of the thirteen-quarter period specified in clause (A), or the forty-quarter period specified in clause (B), any quarter any part of which was included in a prior period of disability unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage. " (4) If an individual files an application for a disability determination after June 1953, and before January 1955, with respect to a disability which began before July 1953, and continued without interruption until such application was filed, then the beginning day for the period of disability shall be whichever of the following days is the later: " (A) the day such disability began; or " (B) the first day of the first quarter in which he satisfies the requirements of paragraph (3)." 42 USC 401-419. (g) Title II of the Social Security Act is amended by adding after section 219 the following new sections: "DISABILITY PROVISIONS INAPPLI<;3ABLE IF BENEFITS WOULD BE REDUCED

"SEC. 220. The provisions of this title relating to periods of disability shall not apply in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if such benefit or payment would be greater without the application of such provisions. "DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS TO BE MADE BY STATE AGENCIES

"SEC. 221. (a) In the case of any individual, the determination of whether or not he is under a disability (as defined in section 216(i) Ante. p. 771. (1)) and of the day such disability began, and the determination of the day on which such disability ceases, shall be made by a State agency pursuant to an agreement entered into under subsection (b). "(b) The Administrator shall enter into an agreement with each State which is willing to make such an agreement under which the State agency administering or supervising the administration of the 1355.^^^ 13 5 1- State plan approved under title X IV, the State agency or agencies Post, p. 779. administering the State plan approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, or the State agency administering the workmen's compensation law of such State, as may be designated in the agreement, will make the determinations referred to in subsection (a) with respect to individuals in such State. "(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Administrator may, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to an individual who has been determined by a State agency pursuant to an agreement under this section to be under a disability, determine that such individual is not under a disability or that such disability began on a day later than that determined by such agency. Such a determination by the Administrator shall be the determination Ante, p. 771. used for purposes of section 216(i) in lieu of that made by such State agency. ,

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