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S 2221 107th Congress Senate Health Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to territories Government Operations and Politics Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Labor statistics Medicaid Social Welfare Unemployment

A bill to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program.

Introduced: April 22, 2002 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 22, 2002
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2002 is less than the FMAP for FY 2001, the FY 2001 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly that: (1) if a State's FY 2003 FMAP is less than the FY 2002 FMAP, the FY 2002 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2003; and (2) if a State's FY 2004 FMAP is less than the FY 2003 FMAP, the FY 2003 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2004.

Requires each eligible State for each calendar quarter for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002 and each calendar quarter for FY 2003 through FY 2004 to be increased by 1.5 percentage points. Mandates specified FMAP increases for States with high unemployment rates, and a specified Medicaid payment cap increase for territories. Prohibits application of the FMAP increases for a State under this Act with respect to: (1) disproportionate share hospital payments under Medicaid; and (2) payments under SSA titles IV and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).

What's happening now April 22, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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