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S 349 114th Congress Senate

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015

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: February 3, 2015 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Health Disability and paralysisHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid
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 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
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 Latest action September 11, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 670 Identical bill Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
 Bill text 4 versions

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 349: Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-349/
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"S. 349: Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-349/.
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