[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 79 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 79

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal 
           medical assistance percentage for the territories.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2013

    Mrs. Christensen (for herself, Mr. Pierluisi, and Ms. Bordallo) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal 
           medical assistance percentage for the territories.

    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 Payment Fairness to the 
Territories Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGE FOR THE 
              TERRITORIES.

    Section 1905(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after ``55 percent'' the 
following: ``(or, beginning with fiscal year 2014, the highest such 
Federal medical assistance percentage applicable to any of the 50 
States for the fiscal year involved)''.
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