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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2949 

To delay for one year certain amendments to the Medicaid program made 

by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To delay for one year certain amendments to the Medicaid 

program made by the Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. DELAY OF ACA MEDICAID PROVISIONS. 

4 (a) MEDICAID EXPANSION TO COVER INDIVIDUALS

5 WITH INCOME AT OR BELOW 133 PERCENT OF THE POV6 ERTY LINE.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the So7 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII)) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘January 1, 2015’’. 


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1 (b) STATE OPTION FOR COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS

2 WITH INCOME THAT EXCEEDS 133 PERCENT OF THE

3 POVERTY LINE.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XX) of the 

4 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XX)) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘January 1, 2015’’. 

7 (c) ANNUAL ENROLLMENT REPORTS.— 

8 (1) STATE REPORTS.—Section 1902(a)(75) of 

9 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(75)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘January 2015’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘January 2016’’. 

12 (2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 

13 2001(d)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

14 Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 278) is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘April 2015’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘April 2016’’. 

17 (d) INCREASED FMAP FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

18 FOR NEWLY ELIGIBLE MANDATORY INDIVIDUALS.—Sec19 tion 1905(y)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1396d(y)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014, 2015, and 

21 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 and 2016’’. 

22 (e) EQUITABLE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN STATES.— 

23 Section 1905(z) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 1396d(z)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘January 

2 1, 2014, and ends on December 31, 2015’’ and in3 serting ‘‘January 1, 2015, and ends on December 

4 31, 2016’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 

9 (i) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); 

10 and 

11 (ii) by redesignating subclauses (III) 

12 through (VI) as subclauses (I) through 

13 (IV), respectively. 

14 (f) APPLICATION OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL BENEFITS

15 TO BENCHMARK COVERAGE.—Section 1937(b)(5) of the 

16 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(b)(5)) is amend17 ed by striking ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘January 

18 1, 2015’’. 

19 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

20 If this Act is enacted on or after November 1, 2013, 

21 the amendments made by section 1 to sections 1902, 

22 1905, and 1937 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 1396a, 1396d, and 1396u–7) and section 2001(d)(2) of 

24 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

25 Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 278) shall not be effective until 


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1 the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning not 

2 earlier than 60 days after such date. 

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