A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to establish flexible income contribution and resource standards for couples in which one spouse is in a nursing home.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize a State plan under such title to provide that, in determining the income and resources of a married couple one spouse of which is in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility, there may be disregarded from income and resources such amounts as a State determines by law.