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HR 4047 111th Congress House Health Disaster relief and insurance Health programs administration and funding Intergovernmental relations Medicaid State and local finance

To use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for disaster affected States for purposes of the Medicaid Program.

Introduced: November 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Nov 7, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), with respect to a state in the calculation for it of the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), to substitute the state's average historical per capita income for a year in any instance for which the Secretary would use the state's per capita income for such year if: (1) in such year the state's per capita income exceeds the average historical per capita income by at least 8%; and (2) during such year or any of the two previous years a major disaster was declared in the state by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

What's happening now November 7, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Nov 6, 2009
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Nov 6, 2009
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 6, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4047: To use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for disaster affected States for purposes of the Medicaid Program.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4047/
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"H.R. 4047: To use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for disaster affected States for purposes of the Medicaid Program.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4047/.
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H.R. 4047, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4047/.
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