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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

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Public Law 90-248 AN ACT To amend the Social Security Act to provide an increase in benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system, to provide benefits for additional categories of individuals, to improve the public assistance program and programs relating to the welfare and health of children, and for other purposes.

January 2, 1968 [H. R. 12O8O]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act, with sociai security the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Social Security ^^^^_ ""^^ Amendments of 1967''. TABLE OF CONTEXTS TITLE I—OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, DISABILITY, AND H E A L T H INSURANCE PAKT 1 — B E N E F I T S UNDER THE OLD-AGE, SUKVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM

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101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111.

Increase in old-age, survivors, and disability Insurance benefits. Increase in benefits for certain individuals age 72 and over. Maximum amount of a wife's or husband's insurance benefit. Benefits to disabled widows and widowers. Insured s t a t u s for younger disabled workers. Benefits in case of members of the uniformed services. Liberalization of earnings test. Increase of earnings counted for benefit and tax purposes. Changes in tax schedules. Allocation to disability insurance t r u s t fund. Extension of time for filing application for disability freeze where failure to make timely application is due to incompetency. Sec. 112. Benefits for certain adojjted children. PART 2—COVERAGE UNDER THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM

Sec. 115. Coverage of ministers. Sec. 116. Coverage of State and local employees. Sec. 117. Inclusion of Illinois among States permitted to divide their retirement systems. Sec. 118. Taxation of certain earnings of retired partner. Sec. 119. Inclusion of P u e r to Rico among States permitted to include firemen and policemen; validation of certain past coverage in the State of Nebraska. Sec. 120. Coverage of firemen's positions pursuant to a State agreement. Sec. 121. Validation of coverage erroneously reported. Sec. 122. Coverage of fees of State and local government employees a s selfemployment income. Sec. 123. Family employment in a p r i v a t e home. Sec. 124. Termination of coverage of employees of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. PART 3 — H E A L T H INSURANCE B E N E F I T S

Sec. 125. Method of payment to physicians under supplementary medical insurance program. Sec. 126. Elimination of requirement of physician certification in case of certain hospital services. Sec. 127. Inclusion of podiatrists' services under supplementary medical insurance program. Sec. 128. Exclusion of certain services. Sec. 129. Transfer of all outpatient hospital services to supplementary medical insurance program. Sec. 130. Billing by hospital for services furnished to outpatients. Sec. 131. Payment of reasonable charges for radiological or pathological services furnished by certain physicians to hospital inpatients. Sec. 132. Payment for purchase of durable medical equipment. Sec. 133. Payment for physical therapy services furnished to outpatients. Sec. 134. Payment for certain portable X-ray services. Sec. 135. Blood deductibles.

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