Social Security: Benefits for Adults with Childhood Disabilities
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The bill has strong bipartisan support and is led by a powerful committee chair, which helps its chances in a divided Congress.
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The bill changes Title II of the Social Security Act so that disabled adult children are automatically evaluated for and paid the higher of their child's, disability, or old-age insurance benefit. This restructures a specific corner of Social Security's benefit rules rather than affecting the broader retirement or survivor system.
“such application shall be deemed to be an application for both child's insurance benefits under this subsection and disability insurance benefits under section 223.”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Work Without Worry Act of 2026
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