HAMLET Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8836 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8836

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit estate 
recovery from certain expansion individuals under the Medicaid program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2020

 Mr. King of Iowa 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 prohibit estate 
recovery from certain expansion individuals under the Medicaid program.

    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 ``Housing And Medicaid Legislation for 
Expansion Targets Act'' or the ``HAMLET Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ESTATE RECOVERY FROM CERTAIN EXPANSION INDIVIDUALS 
              UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    Section 1917 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396p) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Prohibition on Estate Recovery From Certain Expansion 
Individuals.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section, no recovery or adjustment may be made with 
        respect to the estate of an individual described in section 
        1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) for medical assistance furnished under 
        a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under this title.
            ``(2) Compensation for past recovery.--A State shall 
        provide for the repayment of any amounts recovered or adjusted 
        during the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on 
        the date of the enactment of this subsection from the estate of 
        an individual described in paragraph (1) for medical assistance 
        furnished under the State plan of such State (or waiver of such 
        plan).''.
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