[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1834

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore medicaid 
  eligibility for certain supplementary security income beneficiaries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 1999

  Mr. Daschle introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore medicaid 
  eligibility for certain supplementary security income beneficiaries.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Eligibility Restoration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN SSI 
              BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(II) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(II)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, but for section 1611(c)(7), would be 
        paid under that title, or with respect to whom such benefits'' 
        after ``(or''
            (2) by striking ``(P.L. 104-193))'' and inserting ``(P.L. 
        104-193)'';
            (3) by inserting a comma after ``that section''; and
            (4) by inserting ``)'' after ``1905(q))''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 204 of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2187).
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