A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to establish flexible income contribution and resource standards for couples in which one spouse is in a nursing home.

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Introduced

3 January 1985

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Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Summary

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize a State plan to disregard from income and resources, in determining the income and resources of a married couple (one spouse of which is in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility), such amounts as the State determines by law.

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summary · EN · 3 January 1985
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/166
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