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HR 1361 114th Congress House

Medicaid HOME Improvement Act

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the State option to reduce the home equity exemption amount for purposes of eligibility for long-ter… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the State option to reduce the home equity exemption amount for purposes of eligibility for long-term care assistance under Medicaid, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 13, 2015 Introduced by: Guthrie, Brett Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
Health Housing finance and home ownershipLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaid
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Mar 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 13, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 20, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Home Owner Maximum Equity Improvement Act or the Medicaid HOME Improvement Act

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the denial of an individual's eligibility for nursing facility services or other long-term care services if the individual's equity interest in his or her home exceeds $500,000.

The state option to increase such threshold amount to $750,000 is eliminated.

 Related & companion bills 1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1361: Medicaid HOME Improvement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1361/
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"H.R. 1361: Medicaid HOME Improvement Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1361/.
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H.R. 1361, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1361/.
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[H.R. 1361: Medicaid HOME Improvement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1361/)
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