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HR 1082 115th 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: February 15, 2017 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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Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 17, 2017

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 to disallow a state from using, for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility for long-term care assistance, a home equity limit that exceeds the statutory minimum.

Current law allows a state Medicaid program to set its maximum home equity limit at any amount between a specified range. The bill disallows a program from setting its limit above the amount that represents, under current law, the bottom of that range. 

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1628 Related bill American Health Care Act of 2017
  • HR 1361 Reintroduction of Medicaid HOME Improvement Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1082: Medicaid HOME Improvement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1082/
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"H.R. 1082: Medicaid HOME Improvement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1082/.
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H.R. 1082, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1082/.
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