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S 1672 113th Congress Senate

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to empower individuals with disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts.

Introduced: November 7, 2013 See on congress.gov
Health Disability and paralysisHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid
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Nov 7, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 7, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7929-7930)
Nov 7, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 7, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013 - 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2123 Identical bill Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 7, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1672: Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1672/
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"S. 1672: Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1672/.
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S. 1672, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1672/.
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