[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4047 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4047

To use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance 
 Percentage for disaster affected States for purposes of the Medicaid 
                                Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2009

  Mr. Cao (for himself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
 Sessions, Mr. Mica, and Mr. Boustany) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance 
 Percentage for disaster affected States for purposes of the Medicaid 
                                Program.

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

SECTION 1. FMAP CALCULATION FOR DISASTER-AFFECTED STATES.

    (a) In General.--With respect to a State, for purposes of 
calculating the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for a State under 
section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary shall 
substitute the average historical per capita income for such State for 
a year in any instance for which the Secretary, without regard to this 
section, would use the per capita income for such State for such year 
if--
            (1) in such year, the per capita income for a State exceeds 
        the average historical per capita income by at least 8 percent; 
        and
            (2) during such year or any of the 2 previous years, a 
        major disaster was declared in such State by the President 
        under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
    (b) Average Historical Per Capita Income Defined.--For purposes of 
this section, the term ``average historical per capita income'' means, 
with respect to a State, the average annual per capita income for the 
period beginning with the first year in which the Federal Medical 
Assistance Percentage was calculated for such State under section 
1905(b) of the Social Security Act and ending with the year prior to 
the year during which the average historical per capita income is 
applied under subsection (a).
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