# 114-hr-670: Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act

114-hr-670, Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-670
- Congress: 114
- Title: Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced: 2015-02-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 51
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage. Extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries.

## Cosponsors (51)

- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2015-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] (R-MS), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2015-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2015-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2015-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] (R-NY), 2015-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2015-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2015-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2015-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2015-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2015-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2015-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] (R-PA), 2015-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2015-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2015-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY), 2015-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ), 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI), 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] (R-MI), 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] (R-NY), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] (R-MO), 2016-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] (R-MN), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] (R-NV), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4] (R-NV), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-670 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/670)

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