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S 2570 107th Congress Senate Health Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to territories Government Operations and Politics Intergovernmental fiscal relations Medicaid Social Welfare

A bill to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 2002 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 23, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 23, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4863-4864)
May 23, 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 third and fourth calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly that 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.

Requires each eligible State for the third and fourth calendar quarters of FY 2002 and each calendar quarter of FY 2003 to have its FMAP increased by 1.0 percentage point. Mandates 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).

Amends SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services), for the purpose of providing State fiscal relief allotments to States and territories in accordance with a specified table, to make appropriations to be available for obligation by the State through June 30, 2004, and for expenditure by the State through September 30, 2004.

What's happening now May 23, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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