A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure that the criteria employed for determining the extent to which income and resources are available to applicants for medical assistance will be the same in those States which do, and in those States which do not, automatically extend eligibility for such assistance to recipients of supplemental security income.

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Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit States which do not automatically extend Medicaid benefits to Supplement Security Income recipients from considering, in determining the eligibility of an individual for, or the amount of medical assistance benefits to which an individual is entitled, the income or resources of the individual which would not be taken into account in determining such individual's eligibility for Supplemental Security Income benefits or for Medicaid benefits under specified circumstances.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 July 1977

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