HR 3729
96th Congress
House
Health
Crime prevention
Fraud
Medicaid
Medicaid fraud
Social Welfare
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to disqualify individuals from medical assistance if they voluntarily transferred more than $3000 worth of assets during the 24 months before they applied for such assistance.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 25, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Apr 25, 1979
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
States that no individual shall be eligible for a month for medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act if: (1) within the 24 month period immediately preceding the month, the individual disposed of some of his or her assets in any manner by which the fair market value of the assets disposed of exceeded the amount received for the assets by more than $3,000; (2) retention of such assets would cause such individual to be ineligible for Medicaid; and (3) such assets were disposed of in order for the individual to become eligible for Medicaid.
What's happening now
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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