; oversight Section 6071(f) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Funding From the amounts appropriated under subsection (h)(1)(F) for fiscal year 2019, $500,000 shall be available to the Secretary for such fiscal year to carry out this subsection. . (c) Technical amendment Section 6071(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (10) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. . 102. Extension of protection for Medicaid recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment (a) In general Section 2404 of Public Law 111–148 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) is amended by striking the 5-year period that begins on January 1, 2014, and inserting the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on March 31, 2019, . (b) Rule of construction (1) Protecting State spousal income and asset disregard flexibility under waivers and plan amendments Nothing in section 2404 of Public Law 111–148 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) or section 1924 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 ) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from disregarding an individual’s spousal income and assets under a State waiver or plan amendment described in paragraph (2) for purposes of making determinations of eligibility for home and community-based services or home and community-based attendant services and supports under such waiver or plan amendment. (2) State waiver or plan amendment described A State waiver or plan amendment described in this paragraph is any of the following: (A) A waiver or plan amendment to provide medical assistance for home and community-based services under a waiver or plan amendment under subsection (c), (d), or (i) of section 1915 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396n ) or under section 1115 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315 ). (B) A plan amendment to provide medical assistance for home and community-based