1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013”.
Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicaid rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries to trusts established by those beneficiaries.
2. Fairness in Medicaid supplemental needs trusts
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”.
Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to trusts established on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.