Pub. L. 85-840, tit. II, sec. 204
insured status requirements
insured status requirements Disability Freeze Sec. 204. (a) Paragraph (3) of section 216 (i) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(3) The requirements referred to in clauses (A) and (B) of paragraphs (2) and (4) are satisfied by an individual with respect to any quarter only if— “(A) he would have been a fully insured individual (as defined in section 214) had he attained retirement age and filed application for benefits under section 202 (a) on the first day of such quarter; and “(B) he had not less than twenty quarters of coverage during the forty-quarter period which ends with such quarter, not counting as part of such forty-quarter period any quarter any part of which was included in a prior period of disability unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage; except that the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any individual with respect to whom a period or disability would, but for such subparagraph, begin prior to 1951.” Disability Insurance Benefits (b) Section 223 (c) (1) (A) of such Act is amended by striking out “fully and currently insured” and inserting in lieu thereof “fully insured”.