IC
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 349
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
AN ACT
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to empower individuals with disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
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Fairness in Medicaid supplemental needs trusts
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
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Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to trusts established on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the Senate September 9, 2015.
Julie E. Adams,
Secretary