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HR 797 115th Congress House Health Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs U.S. territories and protectorates

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

Introduced: October 19, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 1, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a Federal Medical Assistance Percentage of 100% with respect to a U.S. territory's use of specified federal funds to provide covered drugs to low-income individuals who are eligible for the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

What's happening now February 3, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
MacArthur, Thomas
· Oct 19, 2017
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Jun 16, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 797: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-797/
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"H.R. 797: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-797/.
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H.R. 797, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-797/.
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[H.R. 797: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-797/)
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