Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Equivalence Act

Bill: 118-hr-3260
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-11
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa

Medicaid

Northern Mariana Islands

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Equivalence Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Medicaid funding cap for the Northern Mariana Islands to be the same as that for American Samoa in FY2024.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3260 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2023 Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase the payment limit under Medicaid for the Northern Mariana Islands.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Equivalence Act . 2. Increasing payment limit under Medicaid for the Northern Mariana Islands Section 1108(g)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(2)(D) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking clause (ii) and inserting clauses (ii) through (iv) ; (2) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) for fiscal year 2024, the amount determined under subparagraph (E) with respect to American Samoa for such fiscal year; and .