[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1753 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1753

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include medical 
assistance furnished through an urban Indian health program operated by 
 an urban Indian organization pursuant to a grant or contract with the 
     Indian Health Service under title V of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act in the 100 percent Federal medical assistance 
          percentage applicable to the Indian Health Service.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 30, 2001

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Campbell, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include medical 
assistance furnished through an urban Indian health program operated by 
 an urban Indian organization pursuant to a grant or contract with the 
     Indian Health Service under title V of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act in the 100 percent Federal medical assistance 
          percentage applicable to the Indian Health Service.

    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 ``Urban Indian Health Medicaid 
Amendments Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FURNISHED THROUGH AN URBAN 
              INDIAN HEALTH PROGRAM IN 100 PERCENT FMAP.

    (a) In General.--The third sentence of section 1905(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or program'' after ``facility'';
            (2) by striking ``or by'' and inserting ``, by''; and
            (3) by inserting ``, or by an urban Indian organization 
        pursuant to a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service 
        under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act'' 
        before the period.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on October 1, 2002.
                                 <all>