Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2123
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Health care coverage and access

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2123 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2013 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Pallone ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicaid rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries to trusts established by those beneficiaries.

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.