S 868
112th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
State Flexibility Act
Introduced: May 3, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 3, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 3, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
State Flexibility Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to repeal certain state Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) maintenance of effort requirements under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act.
(Under "maintenance of efforts" a state is prohibited from having eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures under its state Medicaid or CHIP plan that are more restrictive than those in effect on on July 1, 2008, under ARRA or on March 23, 2010, under PPACA.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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