[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 204 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 204

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the floor for 
  treatment as an extremely low DSH State to 3 percent in fiscal year 
                                 2003.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2003

  Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
 Smith, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
and Mr. Dayton) 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 increase the floor for 
  treatment as an extremely low DSH State to 3 percent in fiscal year 
                                 2003.

    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 ``Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act 
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN FLOOR FOR TREATMENT AS AN EXTREMELY LOW DSH STATE 
              TO 3 PERCENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2003.

    (a) Increase in DSH Floor.--Section 1923(f)(5) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        year 2001'';
            (2) by striking ``August 31, 2000'' and inserting ``August 
        31, 2002'';
            (3) by striking ``1 percent'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``3 percent''; and
            (4) by striking ``fiscal year 2001'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        year 2003''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect as if enacted on October 1, 2002, and apply to DSH allotments 
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2003 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.
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