Medicaid Expansion During Crisis Act

Bill: 116-hr-7892
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2020-07-30
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Medicaid

Sex and reproductive health

State and local finance

State and local government operations

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Medicaid Expansion During Crisis Act</b></p> <p>This bill alters certain provisions relating to Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant women, children, breast and cervical cancer patients, and patients of certain family planning services. (Presumptive eligibility allows qualifying individuals to receive services before their applications are fully processed.)</p> <p>Specifically, the bill extends the applicable presumptive eligibility periods by five months. The bill also provides a 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) to states for expenses related to such eligibility determinations during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7892 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2020 Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , and Mr. Grijalva ) 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 extend the duration of presumptive eligibility periods under the Medicaid program to allow presumptively eligible individuals to have more time to file applications for enrollment under State plans under such program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Expansion During Crisis Act . 2. Extension of Medicaid presumptive eligibility periods to allow more time for filing of applications; Full Federal financial participation for certain State Medicaid expenditures (a) Extension of Medicaid presumptive eligibility periods To allow more time for filing of applications (1) Section 1920(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(b)(1)(B)(ii) ) is amended by striking who does not file an application by the last day of the month following and inserting who does not file an application by the last day of the sixth month following . (2) Section 1920A(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1a(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking on whose behalf an application is not filed by the last day of the month following and inserting on whose behalf an application is not filed by the last day of the sixth month following . (3) Section 1920B(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1b(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking who does not file an application by the last day of the month following and inserting who does not file an application by the last day of the sixth month following . (4) Section 1920C(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(b)(1)(B)(ii) ) is amended by striking who does not file an application by the last day of the month following and inserting who does not file an application by the last day of the sixth month following . (b) Permitting community health centers To make presumptive eligibility determinations for all Medicaid-Eligible populations Section 1902(a)(47)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(47)(B) ) is amended by inserting after any hospital the following: , as well as any community health center, . (c) Full Federal financial participation for certain State Medicaid expenditures Section 1903(a)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) for each calendar quarter occurring during period beginning on the first day of the emergency period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) and ending on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the last day of such emergency period occurs, an amount equal to 100 percent of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan) as are attributable to activities by the State to implement the State plan requirement described in section 1902(a)(47)(B); plus . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to presumptive eligibility determinations made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.