Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act
The Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act removes a rule requiring disabled adult children to remain unmarried to receive Social Security benefits. It ensures married disabled adult children, or their spouses, can maintain eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicaid without losing benefits due to marriage. The bill changes how income and resources are counted, so a spouse's income and resources are no longer deemed against the disabled adult child for benefit calculations. It also requires states to preserve Medicaid eligibility for these individuals at the same level as if they were unmarried.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 6, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Total actions
5
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Committee
4
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
lower
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
lower
Dec 8, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Dec 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Dec 6, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jimmy Panetta
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Daniel T. Kildee
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Diana DeGette
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Gabe Amo
DDemocratic
Co
Grace F. Napolitano
DDemocratic
Co
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
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