H.R. 670: Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act

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H.R. 670: Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-03 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Official title

Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 9, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage. The bill extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries. (Sec. 3) Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services shall continue to be provided for mothers of newborns through the first year after the child's birth. The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services must report to the Congress on the use of the tobacco cessation service benefit under the Medicaid program. (Sec. 4) The bill eliminates federal financial participation regarding expenditures under Medicaid for drugs used for cosmetic purposes or hair growth, except where such drugs are medically necessary. (Sec. 5) The bill makes additional funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for FY2021 and FY2022.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] · 51 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 670, Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act (2016-09-13)

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Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 521 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR670 (2016-09-20): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr670.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr670 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114