[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5721 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5721

To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
expand the county organized health insuring organizations authorized to 
                     enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Gallegly, and Mr. Cardoza) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
expand the county organized health insuring organizations authorized to 
                     enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZED COUNTY MEDICAID ORGANIZED HEALTH 
              INSURING ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 9517(c)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 1396b note), as added by 
section 4734 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and as 
amended by section 704 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, in the case of 
        any health insuring organization described in such subparagraph 
        that is operated by a public entity established by Ventura 
        county, and in the case of any health insuring organization 
        described in such subparagraph that is operated by a public 
        entity established by Merced county'' after ``described in 
        subparagraph (B)''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``14 percent'' and 
        inserting ``16 percent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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