[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2959

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify the reductions 
                      in Medicaid DSH allotments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2019

  Ms. McSally introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify the reductions 
                      in Medicaid DSH allotments.

    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 ``DSH Cuts Delay Act of 2019''.

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

    Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
4(f)(7)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
        by striking ``For the period beginning'' and all that follows 
        through ``2025'', and inserting ``For each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2025''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``equal to'' and all that 
        follows through the period and inserting ``equal to 
        $8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025.''.
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