Title: Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act
This bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2021.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 265 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 265

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the general 
Medicaid funding limitations for territories of the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2021

Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. San Nicolas, 
   Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
  Cardenas, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Sires, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
   Barragan, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hastings, Mr. 
    Carson, Mr. Case, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Meng, Mr. Trone, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. 
 Kelly of Illinois, and Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the general 
Medicaid funding limitations for territories of the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF GENERAL MEDICAID FUNDING LIMITATIONS (``CAP'') 
              FOR TERRITORIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1108 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1308) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``subsection (g)'' and inserting ``subsections 
        (g) and (h)'';
            (2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``and paragraphs (3) and (5)'' 
        and inserting ``, paragraphs (3) and (5), and subsection (h)''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Sunset of Medicaid Funding Limitations.--Subsections (f) and 
(g) shall not apply to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa beginning with fiscal year 
2021.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1902(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a(j)) is amended by striking ``, the limitation in section 
        1108(f),''.
            (2) Section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396b(u)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply beginning with fiscal year 2021.
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