To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Imposes a two-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule ("Medicaid Program; Cost Limit for Providers Operated by Units of Government and Provisions To Ensure the Integrity of Federal-State Financial Partnership") relating to the federal-state financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, at any time before the end of such two-year period, from taking any action to: (1) finalize (or otherwise implement) provisions contained in the proposed rule; or (2) restrict Medicaid payments for graduate medical education (GME).

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1741 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1741

  To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule 
relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and 
             the State Children's Health Insurance Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2007

  Mr. Klein of Florida (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Salazar) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule 
relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and 
             the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

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

SECTION 1. MORATORIUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED RULE RELATING TO 
              THE FEDERAL-STATE FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS UNDER MEDICAID 
              AND SCHIP.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The proposed rule published on January 18, 2007, on 
        pages 2236 through 2248 of volume 72, Federal Register 
        (relating to parts 433, 447, and 457 of title 42, Code of 
        Federal Regulations) would significantly change the Federal-
        State financial partnership under the Medicaid and the State 
        Children's Health Insurance Programs by--
                    (A) imposing a cost limit on payments made under 
                such programs to governmentally operated providers;
                    (B) limiting the permissible sources of the non-
                Federal shares required under such programs and the 
                types of entities permitted to contribute to such 
                shares; and
                    (C) imposing new requirements on participating 
                providers under such programs.
            (2) More time is needed to determine how the proposed rule 
        would impact States, particularly with respect to those States 
        with Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Programs 
        that are operating under financing arrangements that have been 
        approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through 
        the waiver process established under section 1115 of the Social 
        Security Act and have been properly following the intent and 
        purpose for which such funding arrangements were established.
            (3) Permitting the proposed rule to take effect without 
        allowing sufficient time for further study of the effect of the 
        implementation of the rule could have a negative impact for 
        States, particularly States with Medicaid or State Children's 
        Health Insurance Programs operating under financing 
        arrangements that would be affected by such rule and that have 
        been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        through the section 1115 waiver process.
    (b) Prohibition Against Medicaid Restrictions.--The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall not, at any time before the end of the 
2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, take 
any action to finalize (or otherwise implement) provisions contained in 
the proposed rule published on January 18, 2007, on pages 2236 through 
2248 of volume 72, Federal Register (relating to parts 433, 447, and 
457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations) or to restrict payments 
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for graduate medical 
education.
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