[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 137 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 137

  To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finding 
 that a State Medicaid plan is not in compliance with title XIX of the 
Social Security Act solely on the grounds that the plan does not cover 
 abortions for pregnancies resulting from an act of rape or incest if 
      coverage for such abortions is inconsistent with State law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Dickey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finding 
 that a State Medicaid plan is not in compliance with title XIX of the 
Social Security Act solely on the grounds that the plan does not cover 
 abortions for pregnancies resulting from an act of rape or incest if 
      coverage for such abortions is inconsistent with State law.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING FINDING OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MEDICAID 
              REQUIREMENTS BASED ON FAILURE OF STATE PLAN TO COVER 
              ABORTIONS FOR PREGNANCIES RESULTING FROM RAPE OR INCEST.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of title XIX of the 
Social Security Act (including section 1902(a)(10)(A) of such Act), the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may not find that a State plan 
for medical assistance under such title fails to meet the requirements 
of such title for any quarter solely on the grounds that the State does 
not provide for coverage of an abortion under the State plan during the 
quarter for a pregnancy resulting from an act of rape or incest if 
coverage for such an abortion is inconsistent with State law.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply to quarters 
beginning on or after October 1, 1993.
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