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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 910

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and title XIX

of such Act to discourage persons from moving to a State to obtain

greater amounts of aid to families with dependent children or additional

medical assistance under State medicaid plans.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 16, 1993

Mr. PAXON introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act

and title XIX of such Act to discourage persons from

moving to a State to obtain greater amounts of aid

to families with dependent children or additional medical

assistance under State medicaid plans.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AFDC BENEFITS PAYABLE TO

4 FAMILIES MOVING INTERSTATE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) of the Social Secu6 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

2 (44)(B);

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (45) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(46) provide that the amount of aid to be pro7 vided under the State plan to a family which has re8 ceived aid under another State’s plan under this

9 part during the preceding 1-year period must not ex10 ceed the amount of aid such other State would have

11 provided the family under such other plan if the

12 family were residing in such other State.’’.

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

14 subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the sec15 ond calendar quarter that begins after the date of the en16 actment of this Act, and shall apply to payments under

17 part A title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar

18 quarters beginning on or after such first day, without re19 gard to whether regulations to implement such amend20 ments have been promulgated by such date.
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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MEDICAID BENEFITS FOR MEDI2 CALLY NEEDY INDIVIDUALS MOVING INTER3 STATE.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10) of the Social

5 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)) is amended, in the

6 matter following subparagraph (F)—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘; and (XI)’’ and inserting ‘‘,

8 (XI)’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘, and (XI)’’ and inserting ‘‘,

10 (XII)’’; and

11 (3) by inserting before the semicolon at the end

12 the following: ‘‘, and (XIII) the medical assistance

13 made available to an individual described in sub14 paragraph (A)(ii) who has received medical assist15 ance under another State’s plan for medical assist16 ance under this title during the preceding 1-year pe17 riod may not include any items or services that

18 would not have been made available to the individual

19 under the other State’s plan if the individual was en20 rolled under the other State’s plan’’.

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

22 subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the sec23 ond calendar quarter that begins after the date of the en24 actment of this Act, without regard to whether regulations

25 to implement such amendments have been promulgated by

26 such date.
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1 SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY.

2 If any provision of this Act or the application thereof

3 is held invalid, the remainder of this Act shall not be af4 fected by the invalidation.

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