HAMLET Act

Bill: 116-hr-8836
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Medicaid

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Housing And Medicaid Legislation for Expansion Targets Act or the HAMLET Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits state Medicaid programs from using estate recovery to recoup the costs of benefits provided to individuals in the Medicaid expansion population.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8836 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2020 Mr. King of Iowa 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 prohibit estate recovery from certain expansion individuals under the Medicaid program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing And Medicaid Legislation for Expansion Targets Act or the HAMLET Act . 2. Prohibiting estate recovery from certain expansion individuals under the Medicaid program Section 1917 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396p ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) Prohibition on estate recovery from certain expansion individuals (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no recovery or adjustment may be made with respect to the estate of an individual described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) for medical assistance furnished under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under this title. (2) Compensation for past recovery A State shall provide for the repayment of any amounts recovered or adjusted during the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on the date of the enactment of this subsection from the estate of an individual described in paragraph (1) for medical assistance furnished under the State plan of such State (or waiver of such plan). .