Property Tax Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1871
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-04-04
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Hospital care

Medicaid

State and local finance

State and local taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Property Tax Reduction Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reduce&nbsp;federal Medicaid funding&nbsp;for certain states that require political subdivisions to contribute funds towards medical assistance. Specifically, the bill applies to states that received, for FY2016, disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments&nbsp;greater than&nbsp;six times the national average. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)</p> <p>Excepted from the bill are&nbsp;contributions that: (1) are required from a political subdivision that has a population&nbsp;greater than 5 million and imposes a local income tax upon its residents, or (2) were required for administrative expenses as of January 1, 2017.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1871 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 4, 2017 Mr. Faso (for himself, Mr. Collins of New York , Mr. Reed , Ms. Tenney , Ms. Stefanik , and Mr. Zeldin ) 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 reduce Federal financial participation for certain States that require political subdivisions to contribute towards the non-Federal share of Medicaid.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Property Tax Reduction Act of 2017 . 2. Reduction of Federal financial participation (FFP) for certain States that require political subdivisions to contribute toward non-Federal share of Medicaid (a) In general Section 1903 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (aa) Reduction in FFP for contributions required by political subdivisions (1) In general Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this section, in the case of a State that had a DSH allotment under section 1923(f) for fiscal year 2016 that was more than 6 times the national average of such allotments for all the States for such fiscal year and that requires political subdivisions within the State to contribute funds towards medical assistance or other expenditures under the State plan under this title (or under a waiver of such plan) for a quarter in a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2020), in determining the amount that is payable to the State for expenditures in such quarter under subsection (a)(1), the amount of such expenditures shall be decreased by the amount that political subdivisions in the State are required to contribute under the plan (or waiver) without reimbursement from the State for such quarter, other than contributions described in paragraph (2). (2) Excepted contributions The contributions described in this paragraph for a fiscal year are the following: (A) Contributions required by a State from a political subdivision that, as of the first day of the calendar year in which the fiscal year involved begins— (i) has a population of more than 5,000,000, as estimated by the Bureau of the Census; and (ii) imposes a local income tax upon its residents. (B) Contributions required by a State from a political subdivision for administrative expenses if the State required such contributions from such subdivision without reimbursement from the State as of January 1, 2017. .