[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3671 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3671

    To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to authorize the 
 Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide 100 percent as the 
Federal medical assistance percentage for displaced Medicaid recipients 
receiving medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a 
                   declared public health emergency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2005

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to authorize the 
 Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide 100 percent as the 
Federal medical assistance percentage for displaced Medicaid recipients 
receiving medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a 
                   declared public health emergency.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING 100 PERCENT FMAP UNDER MEDICAID FOR OUT-OF-STATE 
              MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FURNISHED DURING A DECLARED PUBLIC 
              HEALTH EMERGENCY.

    (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 Secretary 
may provide that the Federal medical assistance percentage applied 
under this title shall be 100 percent with respect to medical 
assistance for items and services furnished to individuals who were 
residents of an area in which a public health emergency has been 
declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act but who 
left such area in a State and are furnished such items and services in 
another State during the period in which such public health emergency 
is in effect in such area.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to items and services furnished on or after August 29, 2005, for 
public health emergencies declared on or after such date.
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