[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2949 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2949

 To delay for one year certain amendments to the Medicaid program made 
   by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2013

Mrs. McMorris Rodgers introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To delay for one year certain amendments to the Medicaid program made 
   by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DELAY OF ACA MEDICAID PROVISIONS.

    (a) Medicaid Expansion To Cover Individuals With Income at or Below 
133 Percent of the Poverty Line.--Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII)) is amended 
by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting ``January 1, 2015''.
    (b) State Option for Coverage for Individuals With Income That 
Exceeds 133 Percent of the Poverty Line.--Section 
1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XX) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XX)) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and 
inserting ``January 1, 2015''.
    (c) Annual Enrollment Reports.--
            (1) State reports.--Section 1902(a)(75) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(75)) is amended by striking 
        ``January 2015'' and inserting ``January 2016''.
            (2) Reports to congress.--Section 2001(d)(2) of the Patient 
        Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 
        Stat. 278) is amended by striking ``April 2015'' and inserting 
        ``April 2016''.
    (d) Increased FMAP for Medical Assistance for Newly Eligible 
Mandatory Individuals.--Section 1905(y)(1)(A) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``2014, 2015, and 
2016'' and inserting ``2015 and 2016''.
    (e) Equitable Support for Certain States.--Section 1905(z) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(z)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``January 1, 2014, and 
        ends on December 31, 2015'' and inserting ``January 1, 2015, 
        and ends on December 31, 2016''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2014'' and 
                inserting ``2015''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
                            (i) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); 
                        and
                            (ii) by redesignating subclauses (III) 
                        through (VI) as subclauses (I) through (IV), 
                        respectively.
    (f) Application of Minimum Essential Benefits to Benchmark 
Coverage.--Section 1937(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396u-7(b)(5)) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting 
``January 1, 2015''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    If this Act is enacted on or after November 1, 2013, the amendments 
made by section 1 to sections 1902, 1905, and 1937 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a, 1396d, and 1396u-7) and section 
2001(d)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 278) shall not be effective until the first day 
of the first calendar quarter beginning not earlier than 60 days after 
such date.
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