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S 1545 115th Congress Senate

SAME Act of 2017

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid c… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place.

Introduced: July 12, 2017 Introduced by: Warner, Mark R. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Health MedicaidState and local finance
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 12, 2017
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 Latest action July 12, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017 or the SAME Act of 2017

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place.

Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.

The bill applies retroactively.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2688 Related bill Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 12, 2017
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 12, 2017
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Jul 12, 2017
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jul 12, 2017
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jul 12, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1545: SAME Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1545/
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