[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 975 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 975

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the 
 provision of non-emergency medical transportation services under the 
 medicaid program and to deny Federal financial participation for such 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1995

    Mr. Baker of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the 
 provision of non-emergency medical transportation services under the 
 medicaid program and to deny Federal financial participation for such 
                               services.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 
              UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) Making Provision of Services Optional.--Section 1902(a)(4)(A) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(4)(A)) is amended by 
striking ``plan,'' and inserting ``plan (except that nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to require a 
State plan to ensure the provision of necessary non-emergency 
transportation services to and from providers),''.
    (b) Denial of Federal Financial Participation.--Section 1903(i) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(i)), as amended by section 13631(h) of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (14);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(16) with respect to any amount expended for non-
        emergency transportation services.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply to calendar quarters 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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