Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
Latest action · Sep 21, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 9, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill 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.
The bill 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.
(Sec. 3) Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services shall continue to be provided for mothers of newborns through the first year after the child's birth.
The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services must report to the Congress on the use of the tobacco cessation service benefit under the Medicaid program.
(Sec. 4) The bill eliminates federal financial participation regarding expenditures under Medicaid for drugs used for cosmetic purposes or hair growth, except where such drugs are medically necessary.
(Sec. 5) The bill makes additional funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for FY2021 and FY2022.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 521 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed383–22 | Sep 20, 2016 |
Cosponsors 51
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2015 to Sep 7, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Feb 3, 2015 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Feb 5, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Feb 5, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 23, 2015 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 15, 2015 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 9, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | May 12, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jun 13, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-NV | Cresent Hardy | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Sep 7, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2015Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Sep 9, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2015Hearings Sep 18, 2015 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 21, 2016 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 20, 2016Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 20, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5648-5650)
- Sep 20, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 670.
- Sep 20, 2016At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1371 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Sep 27, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5726 | Ryan A. Costello R-PA | Sep 21, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5648–H5650Text printed H5648Recorded votes H5694enact | Brett Guthrie R-KY, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Glenn Thompson R-PA | Sep 20, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5601 | Glenn Thompson R-PA | Jul 29, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 13, 2016H.R. 670, Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 18, February 3, 2015, page H756.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-76 | IMPROVING THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR BENEFICIARIES73 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 18, 2015 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 349 | Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Sep 11, 2015 |
| S 2409 | Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 | Related bill | Dec 16, 2015 |
| HR 4273 | Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 20, 2016Engrossed in House
- Sep 9, 2016Reported in House
- Feb 3, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
