SENIOR CARE Act

Bill: 117-s-1476
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-04-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Employment and training programs

Medicaid

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Supporting and Empowering the Nation to Improve Outcomes that Reaffirm Careers, Activities, and Recreation for the Elderly Act or the SENIOR CARE Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the Medicaid Ticket to Work Program to include individuals who are 65 years of age or older. (Under the current program, states may establish a Medicaid buy-in option for working individuals with disabilities whose income exceeds the customary limits and who are between the ages of 16 and 64.)</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1476 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 29, 2021 Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Casey , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , and Ms. Cortez Masto ) 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 enable greater participation by seniors and Medicare beneficiaries in State Medicaid programs for working people with disabilities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting and Empowering the Nation to Improve Outcomes that Reaffirm Careers, Activities, and Recreation for the Elderly Act , or the SENIOR CARE Act . 2. Allowing seniors and Medicare beneficiaries to participate in State Medicaid programs for working people with disabilities Title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended in sections 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) and 1905(v)(1)(A) by striking , but less than 65, each place it appears.