,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ba1    
#bjaf ,mr4 ,franken 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to clarify the application  
of spousal impoverishment protections   
for recipients of home and              
community-based services under          
,medicaid4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,protecting        
,families with ,disabilities ,act of    
#bjaf4  #b4 ,clarification regarding    
application of ,medicaid spousal        
impoverishment protections to recipients
 of home and community-based services   
7a7 ,in general ,section #bdjd of the   
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acifr-#e     
note7 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking     
,during and inserting the following3    
7a7 ,in general ,during  2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7b7   

,rule of construction ,during the period
 in which subsection 7a7 is in effect1  
nothing in subsection 7a7 or section    
#aibd of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acifr-#e7 shall be construed
 as prohibiting a ,state that1 as of    
,january #a1 #bjad1 had a home and      
community-based waiver approved under   
section #aiae7;c7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #acifn7c77 under which the    
,state disregarded the income and assets
 of the individual's spouse in          
determining the initial and ongoing     
financial eligibility of an individual  
for services provided under such home   
and community-based waiver in place of  
the spousal impoverishment provisions   
applied under such section #aibd1 from  
continuing to disregard the individual's
 spousal income and assets for purposes 
of making such determinations while such
 waiver remains in effect4  4  7b7      
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect as if  
enacted on ,january #a1 #bjad4