fully insured status

fully insured status Sec. 103. (a) Section 214(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “Fully Insured Individual “(a) The term ‘fully insured individual’ means any individual who had not less than— “(1) one quarter of coverage (whenever acquired) for each calendar year elapsing after 1950 (or, if later, the year in which he attained age 21) and before— “(A) in the case of a woman, the year in which she died or (if earlier) the year in which she attained age 62, “(B) in the case of a man who has died, the year in which he died or (if earlier) the year in which he attained age 65, or “(C) in the case of a man who has not died, the year in which he attained (or would attain) age 65, except that in no case shall an individual be a fully insured individual unless he has at least 6 quarters of coverage; or “(2) 40 quarters of coverage; or “(3) in the case of an individual who died before 1951, 6 quarters of coverage; not counting as an elapsed year for purposes of paragraph (1) any year any part of which was included in a period of disability (as defined in section 216(i)).” (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply— (1) in the case of monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act for months beginning on or after the effective date of this title, based on applications filed in or after March 1961, (2) in the case of lump-sum death payments under such title with respect to deaths on or after the effective date of this title, and (3) in the case of an application for a disability determination (with respect to a period of disability, as defined in section 216(i) of such Act) filed in or after March 1961. 75 Stat. 138 (c) In the case of any widower or parent who would not be entitled to widower’s insurance benefits under section 202(f), or parent’s insurance benefits under section 202(h), of the Social Security Act except for the enactment of this Act (other than this subsection), the requirement in sections 202(f)(1)(D) and 202(h)(1)(B), respectively, of the Social Security Act relating to the time within which proof of support must be filed shall not apply if such proof of support is filed before the close of the 2-year period which begins on the effective date of this title. (d) Effective as of September 13, 1960, the last sentence of section 303(g)(1) of the Social Security Amendments of 1960 is amended to read as follows: “The terms used in this subsection shall have the meaning assigned to them by title II of the Social Security Act; except that the terms ‘fully insured’ and ‘retirement age’ shall have the meaning assigned to them by such title II as in effect on September 13, 1960.”