A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.

Summary

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be considered resources available to the individual under the SSI program.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 15 January 2003

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 January 2003

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S851)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 January 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 15 January 2003 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 January 2003

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 January 2003

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 15 January 2003

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.