S 349
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 10, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 10, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 10, 2015
Received in the House.
Sep 9, 2015
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6539; text as passed Senate: CR S6539)
Sep 9, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6539; text as passed Senate: CR S6539)
Jul 30, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.
Jul 30, 2015
Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. With written report No. 114-99.
Jun 24, 2015
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 3, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 3, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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