1.This Act may be cited as the
Medicaid Restoration for Citizens of
Freely Associated States Act of 2011
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2.Medicaid eligibility
for citizens of Freely Associated States
(a)Section 402(b)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
(G)Medicaid
exception for citizens of Freely Associated StatesWith respect
to eligibility for benefits for the program defined in paragraph (3)(C)
(relating to medicaid), paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual who
lawfully resides in the United States (including territories and possessions of
the United States) in accordance with—
(i)section 141 of
the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States and
the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, approved by Congress in
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003;
(ii)section 141 of
the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States and
the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, approved by Congress in
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; or
(iii)section 141 of the Compact of Free
Association between the Government of the United States and the Government of
Palau, approved by Congress in
Public Law
99–658 (100 Stat.
3672).
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(b)Exception to
5-Year limited eligibilitySection 403(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1613(d)) is amended—
(1)in paragraph (1),
by striking or
at the end;
(2)in paragraph (2),
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
(3)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(3)an individual described in section
402(b)(2)(G), but only with respect to the designated Federal program defined
in section
402(b)(3)(C).
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(c)Definition of
qualified alienSection 431(b) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (6),
by striking or
at the end;
(2)in paragraph (7),
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
(3)by adding at the
end the following:
(8)an individual who
lawfully resides in the United States (including territories and possessions of
the United States) in accordance with a Compact of Free Association referred to
in section
402(b)(2)(G).
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(d)Section 1108 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1308) is amended—
(1)in subsection
(f), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsection
(g)
and inserting subsections (g) and (h)
; and
(2)by adding at the
end the following:
(h)The limitations
of subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply with respect to medical assistance
provided to an individual described in section 431(b)(8) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996.
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(e)The amendments made by this section take effect on the date
of enactment of this Act and apply to benefits for items and services furnished
on or after that date.