REDUCTION IN TIME DURING WHICH INCOME AND RESOURCES OF SEPARATED COUPLES MUST BE TREATED AS JOINTLY AVAILABLE.

SEC. 8012. REDUCTION IN TIME DURING WHICH INCOME AND RESOURCES OF SEPARATED COUPLES MUST BE TREATED AS JOINTLY AVAILABLE. (a) In General.—Section 1614(b) (42 U.S.C. 1382c(b)) is amended by striking the 1st sentence and inserting “For purposes of this title, the term ‘eligible spouse’ means an aged, blind, or disabled individual who is the husband or wife of another aged, blind, or disabled individual, and who, in a month, is living with such aged, blind, or disabled individual on the first day of the month or, in any case in which either spouse files an application for benefits or requests restoration of eligibility under this title during the month, at the time the application or request is filed.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1990.