To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006.

Prohibits the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a State for FY2006 from being less than the greater of: (1) the FMAP determined for the State for FY2005, decreased by 0.5 percentage points; or (2) the FMAP that would have been determined for the State for FY2006 if the per capita incomes for 2001 and 2002 that were used to determine the FMAP for the State for FY2005 were used.

Provides that the FMAP applicable to a State for FY2006 after the application of the above limitation on reduction shall apply only for purposes of titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act and payments under such titles that are based on a described enhanced FMAP, and shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of the Social Security Act.

Repeals this Act effective as of October 1, 2006 and provides that it shall not apply to any fiscal year after FY2006.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2258 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2258

    To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance 
        percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2005

 Mr. Davis of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Bachus, 
 Mr. Rogers of Alabama, and Mr. Bonner) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance 
        percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON SEVERE REDUCTION IN THE MEDICAID FMAP FOR 
              FISCAL YEAR 2006.

    (a) Limitation on Reduction.--In no case shall the FMAP for a State 
for fiscal year 2006 be less than the greater of the following:
            (1) Half percentage point decrease.--The FMAP determined 
        for the State for fiscal year 2005, decreased by 0.5 percentage 
        points.
            (2) Computation without retroactive application of 
        rebenchmarked per capita income.--The FMAP that would have been 
        determined for the State for fiscal year 2006 if the per capita 
        incomes for 2001 and 2002 that were used to determine the FMAP 
        for the State for fiscal year 2005 were used.
    (b) Scope of Application.--The FMAP applicable to a State for 
fiscal year 2006 after the application of subsection (a) shall apply 
only for purposes of titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act 
(including for purposes of making disproportionate share hospital 
payments described in section 1923 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4) and 
payments under such titles that are based on the enhanced FMAP 
described in section 2105(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b))) and 
shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) FMAP.--The term ``FMAP'' means the Federal medical 
        assistance percentage, as defined in section 1905(b) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)).
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
        term for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).

SEC. 2. REPEAL.

    Effective as of October 1, 2006, section 1 is repealed and shall 
not apply to any fiscal year after fiscal year 2006.
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