[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 910 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 910

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and title XIX of 
such Act to discourage persons from moving to a State to obtain greater 
   amounts of aid to families with dependent children or additional 
             medical assistance under State medicaid plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1993

Mr. Paxon introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
        the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and title XIX of 
such Act to discourage persons from moving to a State to obtain greater 
   amounts of aid to families with dependent children or additional 
             medical assistance under State medicaid plans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AFDC BENEFITS PAYABLE TO FAMILIES MOVING 
              INTERSTATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (44)(B);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (45) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(46) provide that the amount of aid to be provided under 
        the State plan to a family which has received aid under another 
        State's plan under this part during the preceding 1-year period 
        must not exceed the amount of aid such other State would have 
        provided the family under such other plan if the family were 
        residing in such other State.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the second calendar quarter that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to 
payments under part A title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar 
quarters beginning on or after such first day, without regard to 
whether regulations to implement such amendments have been promulgated 
by such date.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MEDICAID BENEFITS FOR MEDICALLY NEEDY INDIVIDUALS 
              MOVING INTERSTATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(10) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)) is amended, in the matter following subparagraph 
(F)--
            (1) by striking ``; and (XI)'' and inserting ``, (XI)'';
            (2) by striking ``, and (XI)'' and inserting ``, (XII)''; 
        and
            (3) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``, and (XIII) the medical assistance made available 
        to an individual described in subparagraph (A)(ii) who has 
        received medical assistance under another State's plan for 
        medical assistance under this title during the preceding 1-year 
        period may not include any items or services that would not 
        have been made available to the individual under the other 
        State's plan if the individual was enrolled under the other 
        State's plan''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the second calendar quarter that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, without regard to whether 
regulations to implement such amendments have been promulgated by such 
date.

SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act or the application thereof is held 
invalid, the remainder of this Act shall not be affected by the 
invalidation.

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