S 245
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Medicaid
State and local finance
SAME Act of 2021
Introduced: February 4, 2021
Introduced by:
Warner, Mark R.
Democratic
· Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021 or the SAME Act of 2021
This bill provides an enhanced federal matching rate 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 Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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