[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4723 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4723

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to deduct a children's 
 contribution from the amount of income applied monthly to payment for 
the cost of care in an institution for an individual receiving medical 
                assistance under a State Medicaid plan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to deduct a children's 
 contribution from the amount of income applied monthly to payment for 
the cost of care in an institution for an individual receiving medical 
                assistance under a State Medicaid plan.

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

SECTION 1. DEDUCTION OF CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTION FROM MONTHLY INCOME FOR 
              INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(q) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(q)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``a monthly 
        children's contribution (as defined in paragraph (3)) and'' 
        after ``plan)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `monthly children's 
contribution' means a contribution given to an individual for a month 
by the individual's children for clothing and other personal needs of 
the individual, the total amount of which may not exceed $100.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to calendar quarters 
beginning on or after January 1, 1999, without regard to whether or not 
final regulations to carry out such amendments have been promulgated by 
such date.
    (2) In the case of a State plan for medical assistance under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation 
appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional 
requirements imposed by the amendments made by subsection (a), the 
State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the 
requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet 
these additional requirements before the first day of the first 
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session 
of the State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State 
that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall 
be deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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