[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1394 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1394

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with 
    flexibility with respect to providing coverage for nonemergency 
                     transportation under Medicaid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2017

 Mrs. Brooks of Indiana (for herself, Mr. Collins of New York, and Mr. 
   Guthrie) 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 provide States with 
    flexibility with respect to providing coverage for nonemergency 
                     transportation under Medicaid.

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

SECTION 1. PROVIDING STATES FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING FOR 
              NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION UNDER MEDICAID.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(nn) Nonemergency Medical Transportation.--Nothing in this title 
(including subsection (a)(4)(A) of this section and 1905(a)(4)(B)) 
shall be construed as requiring a State plan under this title (or a 
waiver of the plan) to provide for transportation to and from providers 
as specified in section 431.53 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection).''.
    (b) Repeal of Regulation.--Effective on October 1, 2017, section 
431.53 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations is repealed.
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