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To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the…

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To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.

Introduced: November 8, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Nov 8, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to declare that any Medicaid-related funds recovered or paid to a State as part of a settlement or judgment reached in litigation the State initiated or pursued against one or more tobacco companies shall not be treated as an overpayment.

What's happening now November 14, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 25, 1998
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 13, 1998
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 17, 1998
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 4, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2938: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2938/
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"H.R. 2938: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2938/.
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H.R. 2938, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2938/.
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[H.R. 2938: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2938/)
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