To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase by 10 percentage points the required State match for certain newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program and to apply savings against sequestration reductions otherwise required, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3667
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-05
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Defense spending

Executive agency funding and structure

Intergovernmental relations

Medicaid

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase by 10% the required state matching funds for certain newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program who, as of January 1, 2014, are under age 65, not pregnant, not entitled to or enrolled for benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare), and whose income does not exceed 133% of the poverty line for a family of the size involved.</p> <p>Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to increase the discretionary spending limit under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) for the security category by $20 billion for FY2014 and then to increase the security and nonsecurity categories for that fiscal year each by half of the remaining estimated reduction in new budget authority resulting from enactment of this Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3667 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 5, 2013 Mr. Harris (for himself, Mr. Price of Georgia , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Rigell , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Fleming , and Mr. Burgess ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , 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 A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase by 10 percentage points the required State match for certain newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program and to apply savings against sequestration reductions otherwise required, and for other purposes.

1. 10 percentage point increase in State matching for newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries Subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 1905(y)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1) ) are amended by striking 100 percent , 95 percent , 94 percent , 93 percent , and 90 percent and inserting 90 percent , 85 percent , 84 percent , 83 percent , and 80 percent , respectively. review issue of how you want to handle the transition percentage increase in match under section 1905(z)(2). 2. Application of savings against sequestration The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized and directed to increase the discretionary spending limit under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for the security category by $20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and then to increase the security and the nonsecurity categories for that fiscal year each by half of the remaining estimated reduction in new budget authority resulting from the enactment of section 1.