113 S1672 IS: Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013 U.S. Senate 2013-11-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II113th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1672IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 7, 2013Mr. Nelson (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to empower individuals with disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts.

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Short title

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

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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.