3.0.0 3335 2019-11-15T21:18:38Z 2019-11-15T21:18:38Z House H HR 2005-07-19 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-29T19:57:50Z Referred to 2005-07-19T13:02:05Z Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 109 1007 S 2005-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4957) Related bill CRS 2005-07-29 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-07-19 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-07-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000355 Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] JOHN DINGELL D MI D. 15 N B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2005-07-19 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2005-07-19 True K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2005-07-19 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2005-07-19 True A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2005-07-29 False Health Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to child health services Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Income Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Medicaid Medically uninsured Poor children Social Welfare Health 00 2005-07-19 Introduced in House 2005-09-22T21:36:35Z .Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state for FY2006 from being less than the greater of: (1) the FMAP determined for the state for FY2005, decreased by 0.5 percentage points; or (2) the FMAP that would have been determined for the state for FY2006 if the per capita incomes for 2001 and 2002 that were used to determine the FMAP for the state for FY2005 were used.

Provides that the FMAP applicable to a state for FY2006 after the application of such limitation on reduction shall apply only for purposes of titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and payments under such titles that are based on a certain enhanced FMAP, and shall not apply with respect to payments under SSA title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)).

Repeals such limitation, effective as of October 1, 2006, and provides that it shall not apply to any fiscal year after FY2006.

Provides that, only for purposes of computing the fiscal year FMAP for a state, beginning with FY2006, any significantly disproportionate employer pension contribution shall be disregarded in computing the per capita income of such state, but shall not be disregarded in computing the per capita income for the continental United States (and Alaska) and Hawaii.

]]> Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 Display Title Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006 and to provide for adjustment in computation of such percentage to disregard an extraordinary employer pension contribution. Introduced in House 2005-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3335ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3335ih.xml 2005-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.