To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility in providing choice of coverage through managed care under Medicaid.

Bill: 115-hr-1336
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-03-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill&nbsp;eliminates the requirement for&nbsp;a state Medicaid program to&nbsp;allow an individual to&nbsp;select a managed-care entity from among two or more qualified entities. Instead, a state Medicaid program may, but is not required to, do so.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1336 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2017 Mr. Cramer (for himself and Mr. Mullin ) 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 in providing choice of coverage through managed care under Medicaid.

1. State flexibility to provide choice of coverage in managed care Paragraph (3) of section 1932(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–2(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (3) Choice of coverage A State may, at its option, permit an individual to choose a managed care entity from two or more such entities that meet the applicable requirements of this section, and of section 1903(m) or section 1905(t). .