[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4606 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4606

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for an on-
 going cost-of-living increase in the Medicaid disproportionate share 
                 hospital (DSH) allotments for States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

 Mr. Ney (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. LaTourette) 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 provide for an on-
 going cost-of-living increase in the Medicaid disproportionate share 
                 hospital (DSH) allotments for States.

    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 ``Disproportionate Share Hospital 
Assistance Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL CPI INCREASE IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1923(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
                ``State dsh allotments for fiscal year 2004 and 
                thereafter'';
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i);
                    (C) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2005 and for fiscal 
                        year 2006 is equal to the DSH allotment for the 
                        State for fiscal year 2004 under this 
                        paragraph, notwithstanding subparagraph (B); 
                        and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) for each succeeding fiscal year is 
                        equal to the DSH allotment for the State for 
                        the previous fiscal year increased by the 
                        percentage change in the consumer price index 
                        for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city 
                        average) for the previous fiscal year.''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to allotments for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2007.
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