To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to end the increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion with respect to inmates.

Bill: 114-hr-4367
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2016-01-12
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate, beginning in 2020, the enhanced Federal&nbsp;Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)&nbsp;with respect to the coverage of&nbsp;individuals who are inmates in public institutions.&nbsp;Under current law, the enhanced FMAP&nbsp;applies to coverage of individuals who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2016 Mr. Pitts 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 end the increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion with respect to inmates.

1. Eliminating PPACA enhanced Medicaid FMAP for prisoners Section 1905 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (y)(2)(A), by adding at the end the following: For items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2020, such term does not include an individual described in such subparagraph during the period in which the individual is an inmate in a public institution and is a patient in a medical institution. ; and (2) in subsection (z)(2)(A), by adding at the end the following: For calendar quarters beginning on or after January 1, 2020, the preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to medical assistance for individuals who are inmates in a public institution and patients in a medical institution. .