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HR 4646 103th Congress House Health Collection of accounts Medicaid Public assistance programs

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf…

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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of the individual under the State plan under such title, and to raise the minimum age of the individuals against whose estates the State is permitted to seek such adjustment or recovery.

Introduced: June 24, 1994 See on congress.gov
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Jun 30, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jun 24, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 24, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to: (1) make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on that individual's behalf under the State plan; and (2) raise from 55 to 65 the minimum age of the individuals against whose estates the State is permitted to seek such adjustment or recovery.

What's happening now June 30, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 24, 1994
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4646: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of the individual under the State plan under such title, and to raise the minimum age of the individuals against whose estates the State is permitted to seek such adjustment or recovery.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-4646/
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"H.R. 4646: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of the individual under the State plan under such title, and to raise the minimum age of the individuals against whose estates the State is permitted to seek such adjustment or recovery.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-4646/.
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H.R. 4646, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-4646/.
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[H.R. 4646: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of the individual under the State plan under such title, and to raise the minimum age of the individuals against whose estates the State is permitted to seek such adjustment or recovery.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-4646/)
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