[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 326 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 326

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that each 
   State plan for medical assistance under Medicaid provide that the 
financial participation of the State is 100 percent of the non-Federal 
                 share of expenditures under the plan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2007

 Mr. Butterfield 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 require that each 
   State plan for medical assistance under Medicaid provide that the 
financial participation of the State is 100 percent of the non-Federal 
                 share of expenditures under the plan.

    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 ``Medicaid County Protection Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. STATES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 100 PERCENT OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF 
              EXPENDITURES UNDER STATE MEDICAID PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(2)) is amended by--
            (1) striking ``40 per centum'' and inserting ``100 per 
        centum''; and
            (2) by striking ``and, effective July 1, 1969,'' and all 
        that follows through the semicolon at the end.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective for calendar quarters in State fiscal years beginning more 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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