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H. Rept. 114-734 1 (2016-09-09)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           114-734







                        SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST FAIRNESS AND MEDICAID
                                           IMPROVEMENT ACT




                     SEPTEMBER 9, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed




                         Mr. UPTON,  from the Committee   on Energy  and Commerce,
                                          submitted  the  following


                                              REPORT


                                            [To accompany H.R. 670]

                      The  Committee   on Energy  and Commerce,   to whom   was referred
                    the bill (H.R. 670) to amend  title XIX of the Social Security Act to
                    extend  the Medicaid  rules regarding supplemental  needs  trusts for
                    Medicaid  beneficiaries to trusts established by those beneficiaries,
                    and  for other purposes, having  considered  the same, report  favor-
                    ably thereon  with an  amendment and recommend that the bill as
                    amended   do pass.

                                               CONTENTS
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                    Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................  3
                    Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  3
                    H earings ...................................................................................................................  4
                    Com m ittee Consideration  ........................................................................................  4
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  4
                    Com m ittee Oversight  Findings  ..............................................................................  4
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................................  4
                    New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............        4
                    Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................  5
                    Com m ittee Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  5
                    Congressional Budget Office   Estimate   ...................................................................  5
                    Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  5
                    Duplication of Federal Program  s  ............................................................................  5
                    Disclosure of Directed  Rule  M akings  .....................................................................  5
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  5
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  .......................................................................  5
                    Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation .....................................................  6
                    Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .....................................  6
                      The  amendment   is as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:


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