Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-909
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-30
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding

Intergovernmental relations

Medicaid

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of </strong><b>2019</b></p> <p>This bill provides the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid&nbsp;coverage for&nbsp;individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when&nbsp;such expansion takes place. </p> <p>Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.</p> <p>The bill applies retroactively.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 909 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2019 Mr. Lewis (for himself, Ms. Sewell of Alabama , and Mr. Bishop of Georgia ) 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 parity among States in the timing of the application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for the ACA-expansion population.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2019 . 2. Parity in the timing of the application of higher Medicaid Federal matching rates for ACA newly eligible individuals (a) In general Section 1905(y)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking for calendar quarters in 2014, 2015, and 2016 and inserting for calendar quarters in the 12-calendar-quarter period beginning with the first calendar quarter in which the State provides medical assistance to newly eligible individuals ; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking for calendar quarters in 2017 and inserting for the next 4 calendar quarters for such State ; (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking for calendar quarters in 2018 and inserting for the next 4 calendar quarters for such State ; (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking for calendar quarters in 2019 and inserting for the next 4 calendar quarters for such State ; and (5) in subparagraph (E), by striking for calendar quarters in 2020 and each year thereafter and inserting for each succeeding calendar quarter for such State . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.