,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,dingell 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,upton7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act to remove an     
institutional bias by making permanent  
the protection for recipients of home   
and community-based services against    
spousal impoverishment4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,married ,seniors from      
,impoverishment ,act4  #b4 ,making      
permanent the protection under ,medicaid
 for recipients of home and             
community-based services against spousal
 impoverishment ,section                
#aibd7;h77#a77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acifr-#e7;h77#a77;,a77 is amended by   
striking 7at the option of the ,state7  
is described in section                 

#aijb7;a77#aj77;,a77ii77,,vi7 and       
inserting the following3 before ,april  
#a1 #bjai1 7at the option of the ,state7
 is described in section                
#aijb7;a77#aj77;,a77ii77,,vi71 or1      
beginning ,april #a1 #bjai1 is eligible 
for medical assistance for home and     
community-based services provided under 
subsection 7c71 7d71 or 7i7 of section  
#aiae1 under a waiver approved under    
section #aaae1 or who is eligible for   
such medical assistance by reason of    
being determined eligible under section 
#aijb7;a77#aj77;,c7 or by reason of     
section #aijb7;f7 or otherwise on the   
basis of a reduction of income based on 
costs incurred for medical or other     
remedial care1 or who is eligible for   
medical assistance for home and         
community-based attendant services and  
supports under section #aiae7k74