[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1378 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1378

To ensure that Social Security and Tier 1 Railroad Retirement benefits 
are properly taken into account for purposes of determining eligibility 
    for Medicaid and for the refundable credit for coverage under a 
                         qualified health plan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that Social Security and Tier 1 Railroad Retirement benefits 
are properly taken into account for purposes of determining eligibility 
    for Medicaid and for the refundable credit for coverage under a 
                         qualified health plan.

    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 ``Savings Through Eligibility Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND TIER 1 RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
              BENEFITS IN CALCULATIONS OF MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS 
              INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 36B(d)(2) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' after the comma;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) an amount equal to the portion of 
                        the taxpayer's social security benefits (as 
                        defined in section 86(d)) which is not included 
                        in gross income under section 86 for the 
                        taxable year.''.
    (b) Requiring Savings To Be Used for Deficit Reduction.--
            (1) PAYGO scorecard.--The budgetary effects of this Act 
        shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained 
        pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
        2010.
            (2) Senate paygo scorecard.--The budgetary effects of this 
        Act shall not be recorded on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for 
        purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply to 
taxable years ending after December 31, 2013.
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