A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require medicaid coverage of certain disabled children for care at home who are otherwise entitled.

Summary

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to deem a disabled individual under 18 who would receive supplemental security income payments under title XVI of the Act if he or she were in a medical institution as an individual to whom an SSI payment is being paid if it is determined that: (1) the individual requires a level of care provided in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility; (2) it is appropriate to provide such care outside such an institution; and (3) the cost of care outside the institution would not be more than the cost of care in an institution.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 November 1981

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