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HR 4902 99th Congress House Social Welfare Domestic Relations and Families Income Medicaid Social security eligibility Support of dependents

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that, in the case of an institutionalized spouse, income and resources required to be used for the support of a non-institutionalized spouse (and children) are not considered to be available to the institutionalized spouse.

Introduced: May 22, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
May 22, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 22, 1986
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exclude, in determining an institutionalized individual's Medicaid eligibility, the income or resources which a court order requires to be used for the support of such individual's spouse or children.

What's happening now June 5, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1