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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. COLLINS of NewYork:H.R. 542.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto thefollowing:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H547]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to follow rulemaking procedures with respect to certain Medicaid subregulatory policies. </p> <p>Before issuing a Medicaid subregulatory policy, CMS must determine the extent to which the policy is projected, with respect to each year in a 10-year period, to increase state or federal expenditures under the Medicaid program. If the policy is projected to increase expenditures by an amount exceeding a specified threshold, CMS may implement the policy only through notice and comment rulemaking.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2017</title>
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