[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1683 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1683

To restore the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal 
              Government in managing the Medicaid program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2011

Mr. Gingrey of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Upton, 
 Mr. Pitts, Mr. Harper, and Mr. Lance) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal 
              Government in managing the Medicaid program.

    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 ``State Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICAID AND CHIP MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENTS 
              UNDER ARRA AND PPACA.

    (a) Repeal of ARRA Medicaid MOE.--Subsection (f) of section 5001 of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) 
is amended by striking paragraph (1).
    (b) Repeal of PPACA Medicaid MOE.--Section 1902 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by striking subsection (gg).
    (c) Repeal of PPACA CHIP MOE.--Section 2105(d)(3) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (A);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
            (3) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Continuation of 
        eligibility standards for children until october 1, 2019'' and 
        inserting ``Continuity of coverage''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (74).
            (2) Effective January 1, 2014, the paragraph (14) of 
        section 1902(e) added by section 2002(a) of Public Law 111-148 
        is amended by striking the third sentence of subparagraph (A).
    (e) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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