[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3439 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3439

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a State to 
 provide coverage of room and board furnished by a relative under home 
and community-based waivers under the medicaid program if such coverage 
               may be provided on a budget-neutral basis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 1993

  Mr. Duncan 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 permit a State to 
 provide coverage of room and board furnished by a relative under home 
and community-based waivers under the medicaid program if such coverage 
               may be provided on a budget-neutral basis.

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

SECTION 1. COVERAGE OF ROOM AND BOARD FURNISHED BY RELATIVE UNDER HOME 
              AND COMMUNITY-BASED MEDICAID WAIVERS.

    (a) In General.--The second sentence of section 1915(c)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)(1)) is amended by inserting 
after ``caregiver'' the following: ``(or, at the option of the State, 
any related personal caregiver, but only if the exercise by the State 
of such option for a year will not result in greater expenditures under 
the State plan during the year than would have been made if the State 
did not exercise the option)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished under a waiver under section 1915(c) of the 
Social Security Act during quarters beginning on or after January 1, 
1994.

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