,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,casey introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the 
,social ,security ,act to encourage     
,states to disregard parental income and
 assets when determining ,medicaid      
eligibility for disabled children4  #a4 
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,affordable ,health ,care for      
,children with ,disabilities ,act4  #b4 
,encouraging ,states to disregard       
parental income and assets when         
determining ,medicaid eligibility for   
disabled children  7a7 ,in general      
,section #aije of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by    
striking and 7aa7 and inserting 7aa71   
and 7ff72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subsection3  7ff7    
,increased ,,fmap for medical assistance

 for certain disabled children  7#a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding subsection    
7b71 if a ,state elects to make medical 
assistance available to all individuals 
described in paragraph 7#b71 the        
,federal medical assistance percentage  
for the ,state with respect to amounts  
expended by such ,state for medical     
assistance furnished to such individuals
 on or after ,january #a1 #bjbj1 shall  
be equal to #ij percent4  7#b7          
,individuals described ,an individual   
described in this paragraph is an       
individual who-- 7,a7 is #ah years of   
age or younger2  7,b7 who would be      
eligible for benefits under the         
supplemental security income program    
under title ,,xvi on the basis of being 
blind 7as determined under section      
#afad7;a77#b77 or disabled 7as          
determined under section                
#afad7;a77#c77;,c77 but for the fact    
that the individual's income or         
resources do not meet the requirements  
of such program2  7,c7 whose income 7as 

determined under section #afab1 except  
as provided in paragraph 7#c77 does not 
exceed an income level established by   
the ,state consistent with section      
#aijb7m77#b77;,a72 and  7,d7 whose      
resources 7as determined under section  
#afac1 except as provided in paragraph  
7#c77 do not exceed the maximum amount  
of resources that an individual may have
 and obtain benefits under that program4
  7#c7 ,income and resource eligibility 
determination methodology ,in           
determining whether an individual's     
income or resources do not exceed the   
income level established by the ,state  
under subparagraph 7,c7 of paragraph    
7#b7 or the maximum amount of resources 
described in subparagraph 7,d7 of such  
paragraph1 the ,state shall disregard   
the income and resources of any parent  
or guardian of the individual and shall 
treat the individual as a family of one4
  7#d7 ,no waiting lists ,the increased 
,federal medical assistance percentage  
available under paragraph 7#a7 shall not

 apply to a ,state if the ,state limits 
the acceptance of applications from     
individuals described in paragraph 7#b7 
or imposes any numerical limitation1    
waiting list1 or similar limitation on  
the eligibility of such individuals for 
medical assistance4  4  7b7 ,disregard  
of limits on payments to territories    
,section #aajh7;g77#d7 of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acjh7;g77#d77 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking ,with respect to fiscal years  
beginning with fiscal year #bjji1 and   
inserting the following3  7,a7 ,in      
general ,with respect to fiscal years   
beginning with fiscal year #bjji1  2 and
  7#b7 by adding at the end the         
following3  7,b7 ,other expenditures    
,the amounts received by a commonwealth 
or territory for a calendar quarter of a
 fiscal year that are attributable to   
the application of section #aije7;ff7   
shall not be taken into account in      
applying subsection 7f7 7as increased in
 accordance with paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71 

7#c71 and 7#e7 of this subsection7 to   
such commonwealth or territory for such 
fiscal year4  4