HR 670 · 114th Congress · Health

Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act

Introduced 2015-02-03· Sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2016-09-21)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2016-09-20
Roll #521
Yea 383Nay 22
Democrats
171 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
212 Yea·22 Nay
PassedHouse · 2016-09-20
Roll #521
Yea 383Nay 22
Democrats
171 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
212 Yea·22 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage. Extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries.…

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H.R. 670, Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act

Sep 13, 2016

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016

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Cosponsors (20)

12 Democrats8 Republicans