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S 502 105th Congress Senate Health Armed Forces and National Security Community health services Economics and Public Finance Home care services Income Labor and Employment Medicaid Social Welfare Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide post-eligibility treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program.

Introduced: March 20, 1997 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 20, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2674-2675)
Mar 20, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the post-eligibility treatment of the income of certain individuals (veterans and related persons) who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services under a certain waiver. Requires that any and all payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program be taken into account as income, including payments attributable to the recipient's medical expenses or to the recipient's need for aid and attendance, but excluding that part of any augmented benefit attributable to a dependent.

What's happening now March 20, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 7, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 502: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide post-eligibility treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-502/
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"S. 502: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide post-eligibility treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-502/.
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S. 502, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-502/.
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