[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1502 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1502

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 5 years 
payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under 
             the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2015

Mr. Lewis (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. David Scott 
  of Georgia, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. 
  Grijalva) 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 extend for 5 years 
payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under 
             the Medicaid program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Parity Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MEDICAID PAYMENT PARITY WITH MEDICARE FOR PRIMARY 
              CARE SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(13)(C) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(13)(C)) is amended by striking ``2013 and 2014'' 
and inserting ``2013 through 2019''.
    (b) Extending Increased FMAP for Additional Payments for Primary 
Care Services.--Section 1905(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(dd)) is amended by striking ``and before January 1, 2015,'' and 
inserting ``and before January 1, 2020,''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2015.
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