PROVISIONS RELATING TO SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT.

SEC. 4714. PROVISIONS RELATING TO SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT. (a) Clarification of Non-Application of State Community Property Laws.—Section 1924(b)(2) (42 U.S.C, 1396r–l(b)(2)) as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by striking “, after the institutionalized spouse has been determined or redetermined to be eligible for medical assistance” and inserting “for purposes of the post-eligibility income determination described in subsection (d)”. (b) Clarification of Transfer of Resources to Community Spouse.—Section 1924(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1396r-5(f)(D) is amended by striking “section 1917” and inserting “section 1917(c)(D”. (c) Clarification of Period of Continuous Eligibility.—Section 1924(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(c)(D) is amended by striking “the beginning of a continuous period of institutionalization of the institutionalized spouse” each place it appears and inserting “the beginning of the first continuous period of institutionalization (beginning on or after September 30, 1989) of the institutionalized spouse”. (d) Effective Date.—The amendments made this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 303 of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.