S 2000
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Home and outpatient care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove an institutional bias by making permanent the protection for recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment.
Introduced: June 27, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill makes permanent certain provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of home and community-based services. Under current law, these provisions expire on September 30, 2019.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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