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Senate committee hears bill to raise Medicaid asset limits and require assisted‑living reporting
Summary
Senate Bill 696 would raise resource eligibility limits for home‑and‑community based Medicaid recipients and require semiannual reports from Medicaid‑certified assisted living and adult day providers; sponsors and disability and senior advocates supported the measure and the committee moved to hold the bill for further consideration.
Senate Bill 696, introduced as Senator Vargas’s bill, would increase the Medicaid resource limits for people receiving home‑and‑community based long‑term services to $12,000 for single applicants and $18,000 for couples, and require Medicaid‑certified assisted‑living facilities and adult‑day providers to submit semiannual reports to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS).
Supporters told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee the current asset limits — $4,000 for individuals and $6,000 for couples — leave older adults and people with disabilities with too little to cover routine and unexpected housing costs.…
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