3.0.0 1007 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z Senate S S 2005-05-11 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-11T22:58:10Z To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006. 109 2258 HR 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 109 3335 HR 2005-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2005-05-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4957) IntroReferral 2005-05-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4956-4957) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-05-11 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2005-05-11 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2005-05-11 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2005-05-11 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-05-11 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2005-06-09 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-07-29 False C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2005-07-29 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2005-07-29 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-09-28 False Health Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to child health services Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Intergovernmental fiscal relations Medicaid Medically uninsured Poor children Social Welfare Health 00 2005-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-27T20:10:51Z 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 the above 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 and payments under such titles that are based on a certain enhanced FMAP, and shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of the Social Security Act.

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

]]> Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 Display Title Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-11T04:00:00Z 2005-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4957) 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.