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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 21, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. ESHOO:H.R. 6557.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1900]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Medication Access Improves Lives Act or the MAIL Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases the Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for covered outpatient drugs, including mail-order drugs, beginning April 1, 2020. The bill's increase may not result in an FMAP greater than 100%. Additionally, Medicaid enrollees must be allowed to obtain the entire prescribed supply of a covered outpatient drug in a single fill or refill, up to a 90-day supply.</p>]]></text>
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