[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 797 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 797

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching 
 requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds 
     for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2017

Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico 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 remove the matching 
 requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds 
     for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVING MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR A TERRITORY TO USE 
              SPECIALLY ALLOCATED FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MEDICARE COVERED 
              PART D DRUGS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1935(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396u-5(e)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ``and the Federal medical assistance 
percentage shall be 100 percent for expenditures under such plan that 
are attributable to this subsection and the additional amounts provided 
under paragraph (3)''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1905(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended by striking ``section 1933(d)'' and 
inserting ``sections 1933(d) and 1935(e)(1)(B)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts expended for fiscal periods beginning on or after 
October 1, 2017.
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