[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2241 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2241

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to treat Puerto Rico as 
 one of the 50 States for purposes of calculating the Federal medical 
           assistance percentage under the Medicaid program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

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 treat Puerto Rico as 
 one of the 50 States for purposes of calculating the Federal medical 
           assistance percentage under the Medicaid program.

    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 ``Puerto Rico Federal Matching 
Requirement Equity Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF STATUTORY FMAP LIMITATION FOR PUERTO RICO.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``Puerto Rico,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to medical assistance furnished in calendar quarters 
beginning on or after October 1, 2019.
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