Bill Text: NC H256 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: V.A. Survivors Benefits/Medicaid Eligibility

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services [H256 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-H256-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 256

 

 

Short Title:        V.A. Survivors Benefits/Medicaid Eligibility.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Farmer‑Butterfield, Glazier, and Lewis (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Health and Human Services, if favorable, Appropriations.

March 11, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow a deduction for Veterans Affairs SURVIVorS pension benefit when defining income for medicaid ELIGIBILITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall apply for approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to adopt and implement a policy to allow a deduction from the definition of income for determining Medicaid eligibility any amount received as a Department of Veterans Affairs Survivors Pension Benefit. This policy shall apply only to recipients in populations for which income is not defined by federal law to be modified adjusted gross income. If the Department obtains approval from CMS, the Department shall implement this policy effective January 1, 2014.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.