HR6640-118

Introduced

To secure the rights and dignity of marriage for Disabled Adult Children, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 6, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To secure the rights and dignity of marriage for Disabled Adult Children, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Civil Rights, Social Welfare.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HFAF8DF6BDEF84A2F92A29BB5411ACCC5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act.
  • Section HD21CF426709E453EA52A04DA9AF9FF25: 2. Elimination of marriage restriction for disabled adult children Section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended— in paragraph...
  • Section HAAD6B52B51E04292B4257D70FE45D3E9: 3. Modification of rules to determine marital relationships Section 1614(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(d)) is amended by striking except that...
  • Section H4BE3EC641DA9464B9F0A3C8E9576B83B: 4. Income and resource deeming rules Section 1614(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section HD060ECA5A4A4476A8DC1DC8F24E3CDCE: 5. Retention of Medicaid for certain married individuals Section 1634 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(c)) is amended by adding at the end the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To secure the rights and dignity of marriage for Disabled Adult Children, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Civil Rights, Social Welfare

Primary Purpose

This bill, To secure the rights and dignity of marriage for Disabled Adult Children, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Civil Rights Social Welfare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 6, 2023

Mr. Panetta (for himself and Ms. Lofgren) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Civil Rights Social Welfare
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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