[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1649

  To exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a 
            managed care entity under the medicaid program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 1998

   Mr. Ford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a 
            managed care entity under the medicaid program.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS FROM REQUIRED ENROLLMENT 
              WITH A MANAGED CARE ENTITY UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) Amendment to the Social Security Act.--Section 1932(a)(2) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-2(a)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Exemption of disabled individuals.--A State 
                may not require under paragraph (1) the enrollment in a 
                managed care entity of an individual who is disabled 
                (as determined under section 1614(a)(3)).''.
    (b) Retroactivity.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 251).
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