[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 349 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 349

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to empower individuals 
  with disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2015

  Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Nelson) 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 empower individuals 
  with disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts.

    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 ``Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. FAIRNESS IN MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL NEEDS TRUSTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1917(d)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ``the individual,'' 
after ``for the benefit of such individual by''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to trusts established on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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