[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 987 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 987
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 5, 2001
Mr. Torricelli (for himself and Mr. Kerry) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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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
2001''.
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), as amended by section 2(a) of the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-354; 114 Stat.
1381) and section 702(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits
Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by section
1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)--
(A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause
(XVII);
(B) by adding ``or'' at the end of subclause
(XVIII); and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(XIX) who are described in
subsection (cc) (relating to HIV-
infected individuals);''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(cc) 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 the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)), as amended by section 2(a)(4) of the Breast
and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-354; 114 Stat. 1382) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)--
(1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (xii);
(2) by adding ``or'' at the end of clause (xiii); and
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following:
``(xiv) individuals described in section 1902(cc);''.
(c) Exemption From Funding Limitation for Territories.--Section
1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(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(cc) who are only eligible
for such assistance on the basis of section
1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIX).''.
(d) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a), as amended by section 702(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid,
and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (as
enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554), is
amended by redesignating the subsection (aa) added by such
section as subsection (bb).
(2) Section 1902(a)(15) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(15)), as added by section 702(a)(2) of the
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and
Protection Act of 2000 (as so enacted into law), is amended by
striking ``subsection (aa)'' and inserting ``subsection (bb)''.
(3) Section 1915(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396n(b)), as amended by section 702(c)(2) of the Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of
2000 (as so enacted into law), is amended by striking
``1902(aa)'' and inserting ``1902(bb)''.
(e) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by subsections (a),
(b), and (c) 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.
(2) Technical amendments.--The amendments made by
subsection (d) shall take effect as if included in the
enactment of section 702 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (as enacted
into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554).
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