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HR 259 115th Congress House

To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding.

Introduced: June 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Health programs administration and fundingMedicaidU.S. territories and protectorates
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 4, 2017
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 Latest action January 4, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to annually allocate, to each U.S. territory, at least as much Medicaid funding for primary care services as was allocated to the territory in 2017.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Jun 16, 2017
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 16, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 259: To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-259/
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"H.R. 259: To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-259/.
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H.R. 259, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-259/.
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