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S 1587 112th Congress Senate Health Intergovernmental relations Medicaid State and local government operations

Medicaid Flexibility for States Act

Introduced: September 21, 2011 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 21, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Flexibility for States Act - Authorizes a state to limit the application within the state of specified provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that expand the program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act by enacting a law that: (1) expresses the intent of the state to opt out of one or more of the provisions of PPACA, and (2) contains a list of the provisions that will not apply to the state.

What's happening now September 21, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3326 Identical bill Medicaid Flexibility for States Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Sep 21, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1587: Medicaid Flexibility for States Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1587/
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"S. 1587: Medicaid Flexibility for States Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1587/.
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S. 1587, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1587/.
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