[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1376 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1376

  To increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for Hawaii to 
                             59.8 percent.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 1997

 Mr. Akaka (for himself and Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for Hawaii to 
                             59.8 percent.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASED FMAP FOR HAWAII.

    (a) Increased FMAP.--The first sentence of section 1905(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), as amended by section 4725 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 518), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and (3)'' and inserting ``, (3)''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and (4) for purposes of this title and title 
        XXI, the Federal medical assistance percentage for Hawaii shall 
        be 59.8 percent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to--
            (1) items and services furnished on or after October 1, 
        1997, under--
                    (A) a State plan or under a waiver of such plan 
                under title XIX; and
                    (B) a State child health plan under title XXI of 
                such Act;
            (2) payments made on a capitation or other risk-basis for 
        coverage occurring under plans under such titles on or after 
        such date; and
            (3) payments attributable to DSH allotments for Hawaii 
        determined under section 1923(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
        4(f)) for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1998.
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