To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding.

Bill: 115-hr-259
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-04
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding

Medicaid

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to require the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to annually allocate, to each U.S. territory,&nbsp;at least as much Medicaid funding for primary care services as&nbsp;was allocated to the territory&nbsp;in 2017.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 259 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2017 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding.

1. Section 1202 of Public Law 111–152 , 124 Stat. 1056, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Years after 2017 For fiscal years 2018, 2019, and each subsequent year, the Secretary shall allocate to each territory an amount that is not less than the amount provided the territory in 2017 under subsections (a) and (b) of this section. .