[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1591 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1591

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the 
option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected 
                               with HIV.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1999

 Ms. Pelosi (for herself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, 
   Mr. Bonior, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Brown of 
California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
     DeGette, Mr. DeLahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dixon, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
 Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank 
 of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Horn, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Jones 
    of Ohio, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
McDermott, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Meek 
 of Florida, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, 
 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Payne, Ms. Rivers, 
Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, 
 Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
Towns, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, and Ms. Woolsey) 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 permit States the 
option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected 
                               with HIV.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Early Treatment for HIV Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF LOW-INCOME HIV-INFECTED 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause 
                (XIII);
                    (B) by adding ``or'' at the end of subclause (XIV); 
                and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subclause:
                                    ``(XV) who are described in 
                                subsection (aa) (relating to HIV-
                                infected individuals);'';
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(aa) HIV-infected individuals described in this subsection are 
individuals not described in subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)--
            ``(1) who have HIV infection;
            ``(2) whose income (as determined under the State plan 
        under this title with respect to disabled individuals) does not 
        exceed the maximum amount of income a disabled individual 
        described in subsection (a)(10)(A)(i) may have and obtain 
        medical assistance under the plan; and
            ``(3) whose resources (as determined under the State plan 
        under this title with respect to disabled individuals) do not 
        exceed the maximum amount of resources a disabled individual 
        described in subsection (a)(10)(A)(i) may have and obtain 
        medical assistance under the plan.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1905(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(a)) is amended, in the matter before paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (x),
            (2) by adding ``or'' at the end of clause (xi), and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xii) the following new 
        clause:
            ``(xii) individuals described in section 1902(aa);''.
    (c) Exemption From Funding Limitation for Territories.--Section 
1108(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Disregarding medical assistance for optional low-
        income hiv-infected individuals.--The limitations under 
        subsection (f) and the previous provisions of this subsection 
        shall not apply to amounts expended for medical assistance for 
        individuals described in section 1902(aa) who are only eligible 
        for such assistance on the basis of section 
        1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply to calendar quarters beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, without regard to whether or not final 
regulations to carry out such amendments have been promulgated by such 
date.
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