[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3022 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3022

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the reductions 
          in Medicaid DSH allotments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2019

  Mr. Engel 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 repeal the reductions 
          in Medicaid DSH allotments, 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 ``Patient Access Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REDUCTIONS IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (7) and (8); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (7).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1923(f) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraphs (2), (3), 
        and (7)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``paragraphs (6), (7), 
        and (8)'' and inserting ``paragraph (6)''.
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