Medicaid Improvement for Insular Areas Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-3154
Sponsor: full_name: Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-05-01
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-05-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Medicaid Improvement for Insular Areas Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2025.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3154 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2025 Ms. King-Hinds (for herself, Mr. Moylan , Ms. Plaskett , and Mrs. Radewagen ) 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 eliminate the general Medicaid funding limitations for territories of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Improvement for Insular Areas Act of 2025 . 2. Elimination of general Medicaid funding limitations ( cap ) for territories (a) In general Section 1108 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsections (g) and (h) and inserting subsections (g), (h), and (j) ; (2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and paragraphs (3), (5), and (14) and inserting , paragraphs (3), (5), and (14), and subsection (j) ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Sunset of Medicaid funding limitations Subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa beginning with fiscal year 2025. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 1902(j) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(j) ) is amended by striking , the limitation in section 1108(f), . (2) Section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(u) ) is amended by striking paragraph (4). (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning with fiscal year 2025.