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S 159 109th Congress Senate

A bill to eliminate the sunset for the determination of the Federal medical assistance percentage for Alaska.

Introduced: January 25, 2005 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Health AlaskaGovernment Operations and PoliticsIntergovernmental fiscal relationsMedicaidSocial Welfare
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 25, 2005
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 Latest action January 25, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the FY 2005 sunset for (thus making permanent) the determination of the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Alaska under the Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 159: A bill to eliminate the sunset for the determination of the Federal medical assistance percentage for Alaska.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-159/
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"S. 159: A bill to eliminate the sunset for the determination of the Federal medical assistance percentage for Alaska.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-159/.
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S. 159, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-159/.
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