To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility with respect to providing coverage for nonemergency transportation under Medicaid.

Bill: 115-hr-1394
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Health care coverage and access

Medicaid

Transportation costs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill: (1)&nbsp;repeals the regulatory requirement for a state Medicaid program to ensure necessary transportation to and from providers, and (2) specifies that title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act does not require a program to provide such transportation.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1394 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2017 Mrs. Brooks of Indiana (for herself, Mr. Collins of New York , and Mr. Guthrie ) 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 provide States with flexibility with respect to providing coverage for nonemergency transportation under Medicaid.

1. Providing States flexibility with respect to providing for nonemergency transportation under Medicaid (a) In general Section 1902 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (nn) Nonemergency medical transportation Nothing in this title (including subsection (a)(4)(A) of this section and 1905(a)(4)(B)) shall be construed as requiring a State plan under this title (or a waiver of the plan) to provide for transportation to and from providers as specified in section 431.53 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection). . (b) Repeal of regulation Effective on October 1, 2017, section 431.53 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations is repealed.