[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3565 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3565

     To amend title XIX to increase the Federal medical assistance 
  percentage under the Medicaid Program for nursing facilities with a 
                 high proportion of Medicaid patients.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2001

   Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XIX to increase the Federal medical assistance 
  percentage under the Medicaid Program for nursing facilities with a 
                 high proportion of Medicaid patients.

    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 ``Nursing Home Security Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MEDICAID FMAP FOR NURSING FACILITIES WITH A HIGH 
              PROPORTION OF MEDICAID PATIENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection, the Federal 
medical assistance percentage otherwise determined shall be increased 
by 10 percentage points for nursing facility services furnished by a 
nursing facility in a quarter if (A) on average during the quarter at 
least 85 percent of the residents of the facility are entitled to have 
payment made for such services under this title and (B) the State 
provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that additional 
payments to the State resulting from such increase are used exclusively 
to provide for an increase in payments to such facilities and do not 
result in a reduction in aggregate State expenditures for nursing 
facilities under the State plan.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to payments to States for nursing facility services under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act furnished on or after January 1, 2002.
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