[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5471 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5471

 To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend 
   for 6 months the increase provided under that Act in the Medicaid 
             Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2010

Ms. Pingree of Maine (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, 
 and Mr. Weiner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend 
   for 6 months the increase provided under that Act in the Medicaid 
             Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF ARRA INCREASE IN FMAP.

    Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-5) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``first calendar 
        quarter'' and inserting ``first 3 calendar quarters'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``July 1, 
                2010'' and inserting ``January 1, 2011'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking ``July 1, 
                2010'' and inserting ``January 1, 2011'' each place it 
                appears; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking ``the 3-
                consecutive-month period beginning with January 2010'' 
                and inserting ``any 3-consecutive-month period that 
                begins after December 2009 and ends before January 
                2011'';
            (3) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
``Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the increases in the FMAP for a State 
under this section shall apply to payments under title XIX of such Act 
that are attributable to expenditures for medical assistance provided 
to nonpregnant childless adults made eligible under a State plan under 
such title (including under any waiver under such title or under 
section 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315)) who would have been eligible 
for child health assistance or other health benefits under eligibility 
standards in effect as of December 31, 2009, of a waiver of the State 
child health plan under the title XXI of such Act.'';
            (4) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``September 30, 
                2011'' and inserting ``March 31, 2012'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``of such Act'' 
                after ``1923''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(3) Certification by chief executive officer.--No 
                additional Federal funds shall be paid to a State as a 
                result of this section with respect to a calendar 
                quarter occurring during the period beginning on 
                January 1, 2011, and ending on June 30, 2011, unless, 
                not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
                this paragraph, the chief executive officer of the 
                State certifies that the State will request and use 
                such additional Federal funds.''; and
            (5) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ``December 31, 2010'' 
        and inserting ``June 30, 2011''.
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