Territory Federal Matching Requirement Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2217
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid

State and local finance

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Territory Federal Matching Requirement Equity Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill terminates the specified Medicaid federal matching rate, also known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), of 55% for U.S. territories. Under current law, a state's FMAP is generally based on the state's&nbsp;per capita income and may range from 50% to 83%. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2217 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2021 Miss González-Colón 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 treat each territory as one of the 50 States for purposes of calculating the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Territory Federal Matching Requirement Equity Act of 2021 . 2. Removal of statutory FMAP limitation for territories Section 1905(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)(2) ) is amended by inserting with respect to calendar quarters ending on or before September 30, 2021, before the Federal medical assistance percentage .