H.R. 1361 · 114th Congress
Medicaid HOME Improvement Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Brett Guthrie
- Introduced
- 2015-03-13
- Latest action
- 2015-03-20 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Medicaid Home Owner Maximum Equity Improvement Act or the Medicaid HOME Improvement Act
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the denial of an individual's eligibility for nursing facility services or other long-term care services if the individual's equity interest in his or her home exceeds $500,000.
The state option to increase such threshold amount to $750,000 is eliminated.