Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-79
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa

Caribbean area

Guam

Health programs administration and funding

Medicaid

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates

Virgin Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to tie the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, beginning in FY2014, to the highest FMAP applicable to any of the 50 states for the fiscal year involved.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 79 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mrs. Christensen (for herself, Mr. Pierluisi , and Ms. Bordallo ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the territories.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013 . 2. Increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage for the territories Section 1905(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)(2) ) is amended by inserting after 55 percent the following: (or, beginning with fiscal year 2014, the highest such Federal medical assistance percentage applicable to any of the 50 States for the fiscal year involved) .