Disaster Relief Medicaid Act
Official title: To provide Medicaid assistance to individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Disaster Relief Medicaid Act
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to Medicaid coverage of individuals affected by a federally declared major disaster, national emergency, or public health emergency.
In particular, the bill provides for specific coverage under Medicaid for individuals who meet specified income eligibility standards and were either residents of the impacted area or were employed in the impacted area (and subsequently lost employment). Coverage is effective for two years after the date of the disaster or emergency declaration.
State Medicaid programs must provide coverage that is at least as comprehensive as the state's Medicaid coverage and the Medicaid coverage of the individual's home state, as applicable. The bill applies a 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) to such coverage and related administrative expenses.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must contract with a nonprofit to evaluate the impact of the bill's implementation.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
- CURE SMA
- SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
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- SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
- CURE SMA
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Education, Dept of
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3990: Disaster Relief Medicaid Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3990/
"H.R. 3990: Disaster Relief Medicaid Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3990/.
H.R. 3990, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3990/.
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