To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

Bill: 115-hr-797
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-02-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid

Medicare

Prescription drugs

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to&nbsp;establish a&nbsp;Federal Medical Assistance Percentage of 100% with respect to a U.S. territory's&nbsp;use of specified federal funds to&nbsp;provide covered drugs to low-income individuals who are eligible for the Medicare prescription drug benefit.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 797 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2017 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico 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 remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

1. Removing matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals (a) In general Section 1935(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–5(e)(1)(B) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: and the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 100 percent for expenditures under such plan that are attributable to this subsection and the additional amounts provided under paragraph (3) . (b) Conforming amendment Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b) ) is amended by striking section 1933(d) and inserting sections 1933(d) and 1935(e)(1)(B) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts expended for fiscal periods beginning on or after October 1, 2017.