Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage.

Extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2123 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2123

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicaid 
rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries to 
               trusts established by those beneficiaries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2013

 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Pallone) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicaid 
rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries to 
               trusts established by those beneficiaries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. FAIRNESS IN MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL NEEDS TRUSTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1917(d)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ``the individual,'' 
after ``for the benefit of such individual by''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to trusts established on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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