103 STAT. 2162 PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS FOB DISABLED INDIVIDUAI5 WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED OTHEB ENTITLEMENT 42 USC "SEa 1818A. (a) Eveiy individual who— ^^^^'- ^- "(1) has not attained the age of 65; "(2)(A) has been entitled to benefits under this part under section 226(b)( and "(B)(i) continues to have the disabling physical or mental impairment on the basis of which the individual was found to be under a disability or to be a disabled qualified railroad retire- ment beneficiary, or (ii) is blind (within the meaning of section 216(i)(l)),but "(C) whose entitlement under section 226(b) ends due solely to the individual having earnings that exceed the substantial gain- ful activity amount (as defin^ in section 223(d)(4)); and "(3) is not otherwise entitled to benefits under this part, shall be eligible to enroll in the insurance program established by this part "(b)(1) An individual may enroll under this section only in such manner and form as may be prescribed in r^ulations, and only during an enrollment period prescribed in or under this section. 'X2) The individual's initial enrollment period shall b^gin with the month in which the individual receives notice that the individual's entitlement to benefits under section 226(b) will end due solely to the individual having earnings that exceed the substantial gainfiil activity amount (as defined in section 223(d)(4)) and shall end 7 months later. (3) There shall be a general enrollment period during the period b^finning on January 1 and ending on March 31 of each year (beginning vidth 1990). "(PKX) The period (in this subsection referred to as a 'coverage period') during which an individual is entitled to benefits under the insurance program under this part shall begin on whichever of the following is the latest: "(A) In the case of an individual who enrolls under subsection (b)(2) before the month in which the individual first satisfies subsection (a), the first day of such month. "(B) In the case of an individual who enrolls under subsection (b)(2) in the month in which the individual first satisfies subsec- tion (a), the first day of the month following the month in which the individual so enrolls.
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(b)(2) in the month following the month in which the individual first satisfies subsection (a), the first day of the second month ' following the month in which the individual so enrolls. "(D) In the case of an individual who enrolls under subsection (b)(2) more than one month following the month in which the individual first satisfies subsection (a), the first day of the third month following the month in which the individual so enrolls. "(E) In the case of an individual who enrolls under subsection (b)(3), the July 1 following the month in which the individual so enrolls. "(2) An individual's coverage period under this section shall con- tinue until the individual's enrollment is terminated as follows: "(A) As of the month following the month in which the Secretary provides notice to the individual that the individual no longer meets the condition described in subsection (a)(2)(B).
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