[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4367

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to end the increased 
    Federal funding for Medicaid expansion with respect to inmates.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2016

  Mr. Pitts 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 end the increased 
    Federal funding for Medicaid expansion with respect to inmates.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATING PPACA ENHANCED MEDICAID FMAP FOR PRISONERS.

    Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (y)(2)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``For items and services furnished on or after 
        January 1, 2020, such term does not include an individual 
        described in such subparagraph during the period in which the 
        individual is an inmate in a public institution and is a 
        patient in a medical institution.''; and
            (2) in subsection (z)(2)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``For calendar quarters beginning on or after 
        January 1, 2020, the preceding sentence shall not apply with 
        respect to medical assistance for individuals who are inmates 
        in a public institution and patients in a medical 
        institution.''.
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