II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3802 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 3, 2006 Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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.

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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.