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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7167
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF MILLER TRUSTS TO OBT AIN
MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For purposes of this 1
section, a "Miller Trust" is a qualifying income trust that allows a 2
Medicaid applicant to meet program income eligibility guidelines on 3
an earlier date by holding excess income that may be used for certain 4
qualifying expenses, including, but not limited to, a spousal allowance, 5
a personal needs allowance, medical expenses owed by the applicant 6
after the applicant is determined income-eligible for Medicaid and 7
Medicaid expenses owed following the death of the applicant. 8
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid 9
state plan to allow a Medicaid applicant to utilize a Miller Trust to 10
transfer excess income for the purpose of reducing income to a level 11
that allows the applicant to become eligible for Medicaid. 12 Raised Bill No. 7167
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize Medicaid applicants to utilize Miller Trusts to hold excess
income for the purpose of qualifying for Medicaid.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]