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House Bill 2172
116th Congress(2019-2020)
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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Introduced in House on Apr 9, 2019
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H. R. 2172 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2172


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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 9, 2019

Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico (for herself, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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, 2019.