Medicaid Parity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1502
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-19
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Medicaid

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Medicaid Parity Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend through 2019: (1) Medicaid payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program, and (2) the increased (to 100%) federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP, or federal matching rate) for additional payments for primary care services.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1502 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2015 Mr. Lewis (for himself, Mr. McDermott , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. Rangel , Ms. Lee , Mr. Hastings , and Mr. Grijalva ) 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 extend for 5 years payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Parity Act of 2015 . 2. Extension of Medicaid payment parity with Medicare for primary care services (a) In general Section 1902(a)(13)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(13)(C) ) is amended by striking 2013 and 2014 and inserting 2013 through 2019 . (b) Extending increased FMAP for additional payments for primary care services Section 1905(dd) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(dd) ) is amended by striking and before January 1, 2015, and inserting and before January 1, 2020, . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2015.