HR-1361 : Still Just a Bill


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.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2015-03-20CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2015-03-13IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House floor actions
2015-03-13IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Health
Related Subjects
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Medicaid
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