[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2396 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2396

    To amend section 1128B of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
 criminal penalty for counseling or assisting an individual to dispose 
      of assets in order to become eligible for Medicaid benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 1997

 Mr. Delahunt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend section 1128B of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
 criminal penalty for counseling or assisting an individual to dispose 
      of assets in order to become eligible for Medicaid benefits.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR COUNSELING OR ASSISTING AN 
              INDIVIDUAL REGARDING DISPOSITION OF ASSETS IN ORDER TO 
              BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID BENEFITS.

    (a) Repeal.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1128B(a) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by adding ``or'' at the end of paragraph (4),
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (5) 
                and inserting a period, and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (6).
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Such section, as amended by 
        section 4734(2) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, is amended, 
        in clause (ii) of the matter following paragraph (5), by 
        striking ``failure, conversion, or provision of counsel or 
        assistance by any other person'' and inserting ``failure or 
        conversion by any other person''.
    (b) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(1) take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the amendment made by 
subsection (a)(2) takes effect as if included in the enactment of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
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