S 346
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Agriculture and Food
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Intergovernmental fiscal relations
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Legal fees
Medicaid
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Tobacco settlement
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit the recoupment of funds recovered by States from one or more tobacco manufacturers.
Introduced: February 3, 1999
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 3, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1157-1158)
Feb 3, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit 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 from being treated as an overpayment.
Permits a State to use amounts recovered or paid to it as part of such a settlement or judgment for any appropriate expenditures, except with respect to any expenditure for administrative expenses incurred in initiating or pursuing tobacco litigation.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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