Medicaid Estate Recovery Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6549
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2018-07-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Medicaid Estate Recovery Fairness Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill limits the scope of estate recovery under Medicaid with respect to the Medicaid expansion population.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6549 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2018 Mr. Nolan 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 limit estate recovery under Medicaid with respect to newly eligible individuals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Estate Recovery Fairness Act of 2018 . 2. Limitation on estate recovery under Medicaid with respect to newly eligible individuals Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396p(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking No adjustment and inserting Subject to paragraph (6), no adjustment ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Beginning on the date of the enactment of this paragraph, in the case of an individual who was enrolled under the State plan on the basis of being an individual described in subclause (VIII) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) when the individual received medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of such individual under the State plan, the State may only seek adjustment or recovery from the individual’s estate for medical assistance consisting of services described in clause (i) of paragraph (1)(B). .