Eliminates from income and resources considered for medical assistance eligibility, the corpus and income of a trust established by a disabled person for his or her own benefit
Summary
Eliminates from income and resources considered for medical assistance eligibility, the corpus and income of a trust established by a disabled person for his or her own benefit and payable to the state upon his or her death to the extent of medical assistance benefits paid.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2017
Last action May 24, 2017
Floor votes · Senate May 9, 2017
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
May 9, 2017
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
2
May 9, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-0)
senate
Mar 13, 2017
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Feb 28, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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