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HR 5126 106th Congress House

To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and to adjust the Medicaid statutory…

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Official title: To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and to adjust the Medicaid statutory matching rate for those territories.

Introduced: September 27, 2000 See on congress.gov
Health American SamoaEconomics and Public FinanceFederal-territorial relationsGovernment Operations and Politics
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 7, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Sep 7, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

Increases the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) (including for such territories) from 50 percent to 77 percent .

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 27, 2000
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 27, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5126: To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and to adjust the Medicaid statutory matching rate for those territories.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5126/
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"H.R. 5126: To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and to adjust the Medicaid statutory matching rate for those territories.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5126/.
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H.R. 5126, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5126/.
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[H.R. 5126: To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and to adjust the Medicaid statutory matching rate for those territories.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5126/)
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