Medicaid HOME Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-1082
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-15
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Medicaid Home Owner Maximum Equity Improvement Act or the Medicaid HOME Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to disallow a state from using, for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility for long-term care assistance, a home equity limit that exceeds the statutory minimum.</p> <p>Current law allows&nbsp;a state Medicaid program&nbsp;to set its maximum home equity limit at any amount between a specified range. The bill&nbsp;disallows a&nbsp;program from&nbsp;setting&nbsp;its limit above the amount that represents, under current law, the bottom of that range.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1082 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2017 Mr. Guthrie (for himself and Mr. Mullin ) 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 eliminate the State option to reduce the home equity exemption amount for purposes of eligibility for long-term care assistance under Medicaid, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Home Owner Maximum Equity Improvement Act or the Medicaid HOME Improvement Act . 2. Eliminating State option to reduce medicaid home equity exemption amount for purposes of determining eligibility for long-term care assistance (a) In general Section 1917(f)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396p(f)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting subparagraph (B) ; (2) by striking subparagraph (B); (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and (4) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking dollar amounts specified in this paragraph and inserting dollar amount specified in subparagraph (A) . (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to eligibility determinations made after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section. (2) Exception for State legislation In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the respective plan to meet any requirement imposed by amendments made by this section, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.