[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2305 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2305

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the amendments 
   made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation 
  evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of 
             medical assistance under the Medicaid program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2006

   Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Lieberman) 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 repeal the amendments 
   made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation 
  evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of 
             medical assistance under the Medicaid program.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR DOCUMENTATION EVIDENCING 
              CITIZENSHIP OR NATIONALITY AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIPT OF 
              MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Subsections (i)(22) and (x) of section 1903 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b), as added by section 6036 of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, are each repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396b) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (i)--
                            (i) in paragraph (20), by adding ``or'' 
                        after the semicolon at the end; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (21), by striking ``; 
                        or'' and inserting a period;
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (y), as added by 
                section 6043(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, 
                as subsection (x); and
                    (C) by redesignating subsection (z), as added by 
                section 6081(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, 
                as subsection (y).
            (2) Subsection (c) of section 6036 of the Deficit Reduction 
        Act of 2005 is repealed.
    (c) Effective Date.--The repeals and amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
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