Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act

This bill changes the rules for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a federal benefit for people with low income and limited resources. Money that an SSI recipient or spouse receives from settling a claim for personal injury, physical sickness, or property damage would not be counted as income when figuring SSI benefits. The same settlement money would also not be counted as a resource (savings or assets) in the month it is received or any month after. These rules would specifically cover payments from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment settlement, including payments received before the bill becomes law, and would apply to SSI benefits for past months in that case.

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Sponsors

• Michael A. Rulli Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors