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H.R. 6124 (96th)

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such children for SSI benefits) in certain cases where the payment of such benefits is necessary to enable the parents to provide disability-related home care without which the children would require continued institutionalization.

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Introduced

13 December 1979

Last action

13 December 1979 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsors

Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12], Rep. Leach, Claude (Buddy), Jr. [D-LA-4], Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6], Rep. Marks, Marc L. [R-PA-24], Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6], Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7], Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14], Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31], Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11], Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21], Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7], Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17], Sen. Andrews, Mark [R-ND], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8], Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15], Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2], Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-20], Rep. Moorhead, William S. [D-PA-14]

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Summary

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude the income and resources of parents from their child's income and resources, for the purpose of determining the child's eligibility for SSI benefits, if such child: (1) is disabled; (2) regularly requires special care which is primarily or customarily available only in hospitals; (3) spent at least four weeks receiving such care in a hospitals; (3) spent at least four weeks receiving such care in a hospital for which payment was made under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Act); and (4) has left the hospital, is living at home with his or her parents, and is receiving such care at home as an alternative to further hospitalization, but the parents cannot realistically meet the costs of such care without SSI benefits.

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Timeline

  1. 13 December 1979

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 December 1979

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 December 1979

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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