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HR 2102 97th Congress House Social Welfare Children and youth Disabled Federal aid to handicapped services Health Home care services Income Parent and child Supplemental security income program

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such…

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A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such children for supplemental security income benefits) in certain cases where the payment of such benefits is necessary to enable the parents to provide disability-related home care without which the children would require continued institutionalization.

Introduced: February 25, 1981 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
Feb 25, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 25, 1981
Introduced in House
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Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude the income and resources of parents from their child's income and resources, for the purpose of determining the child's eligibility for SSI benefits, if such child: (1) is disabled; (2) regularly requires special care which is primarily or customarily available only in hospitals; (3) spent at least four weeks receiving such care in a hospital for which payment was made under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Act); and (4) has left the hospital, is living at home with his or her parents, and is receiving such care at home as an alternative to further hospitalization, but the parents cannot realistically meet the costs of such care without SSI benefits.

What's happening now February 27, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.

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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 20, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2102: A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such children for supplemental security income benefits) in certain cases where the payment of such benefits is necessary to enable the parents to provide disability-related home care without which the children would require continued institutionalization.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-2102/
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"H.R. 2102: A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such children for supplemental security income benefits) in certain cases where the payment of such benefits is necessary to enable the parents to provide disability-related home care without which the children would require continued institutionalization.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-2102/.
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H.R. 2102, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-2102/.
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[H.R. 2102: A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such children for supplemental security income benefits) in certain cases where the payment of such benefits is necessary to enable the parents to provide disability-related home care without which the children would require continued institutionalization.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-2102/)
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