[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3542 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3542

   To amend section 5001 of division B of the American Recovery and 
 Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the temporary increase in Medicaid 
               FMAP through the end of fiscal year 2012.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2011

 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 5001 of division B of the American Recovery and 
 Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the temporary increase in Medicaid 
               FMAP through the end of fiscal year 2012.

    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 Enhancement and Emergency 
Job Creation Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ARRA INCREASE IN FMAP THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2012.

    (a) In General.--Section 5001 of division B of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), as amended by 
section 201 of Public Law 111-226, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (2);
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``, but only for 
                the first 3 calendar quarters in fiscal year 2011.'' 
                and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) fiscal year 2011 is less than the FMAP as so 
        determines for fiscal year 2008, fiscal year 2009 (after the 
        application of paragraph (1)), fiscal year 2010 (after the 
        application of paragraph (2), or fiscal year 2011 (after the 
        application of paragraph (3)), the greatest of such FMAP for 
        the State for fiscal year 2008, fiscal year 2009, fiscal year 
        2010, or fiscal year 2011, shall be substituted for the State's 
        FMAP for fiscal year 2012 before the application of this 
        section.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 and first 
                and second quarters of fiscal year 2012.--For each 
                State, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 and 
                the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2012, the 
                FMAP percentage increase for the State under paragraph 
                (1) or (2) (as applicable) shall be 6.2 percentage 
                points.
                    ``(D) Third quarter of fiscal year 2012.--For each 
                State, for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the 
                FMAP percentage increase for the State under paragraph 
                (1) or (2) (as applicable) shall be 3.2 percentage 
                points.
                    ``(E) Fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.--For each 
                State, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012, the 
                FMAP percentage increase for the State under paragraph 
                (1) or (2) (as applicable) shall be 1.2 percentage 
                points.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``January 1, 
                2011'' and inserting ``April 1, 2012'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking ``January 
                1, 2011'' and inserting ``April 1, 2012'' each place it 
                appears; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking ``January 
                2011'' and inserting ``April 2012'';
            (4) in subsection (f)(1)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``The previous sentence shall apply for quarters 
        beginning after the date of the enactment of this sentence in 
        the case of a State operating under a Statewide waiver as of 
        such date regardless of whether the waiver in effect on July 1, 
        2008, was renewed or extended after such date'';
            (5) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``March 31, 2012'' 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2013''; and
            (6) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ``June 30, 2011'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2012''.
    (b) Payment Adjustment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall provide, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, for such adjustments of payments to States under title XIX 
of the Social Security Act as may be necessary for calendar quarters 
ending before such date to reflect the amendments made by subsection 
(a).
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