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HR 1599 111th Congress House Social Welfare Disability assistance Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance

To require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the supplemental security income (SSI) and Medicaid Programs.

Introduced: March 18, 2009 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 18, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require survivor annuity payments made to blind or disabled (including developmentally disabled) dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the SSI and Medicaid programs.

What's happening now March 19, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1599: To require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the supplemental security income (SSI) and Medicaid Programs.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1599/
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"H.R. 1599: To require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the supplemental security income (SSI) and Medicaid Programs.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1599/.
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H.R. 1599, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1599/.
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[H.R. 1599: To require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the supplemental security income (SSI) and Medicaid Programs.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1599/)
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