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HR 862 115th Congress House

Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to transition the Medicaid thresholds applied for determining acceptable provider taxes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 3, 2017 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
Health MedicaidState and local taxation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action February 10, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2017

This bill incrementally lowers, from 6.0% to 5.5% of net patient revenues, the maximum threshold used to determine acceptable provider taxes for purposes of state Medicaid program financing.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 3, 2017
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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Feb 3, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 862: Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-862/
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"H.R. 862: Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-862/.
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