Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1672
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2013-11-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Health care coverage and access

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage.</p> <p>Extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1672 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 7, 2013 Mr. Nelson (for himself, Mr. Grassley , Mr. Rockefeller , and Mr. Enzi ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to empower individuals with disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013 . 2. Fairness in Medicaid supplemental needs trusts (a) In general Section 1917(d)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(A) ) is amended by inserting the individual, after for the benefit of such individual by . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to trusts established on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.