Restoring Fairness to Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2020

Restoring Fairness to Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2020

This bill eliminates, beginning in 2021, the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) that currently applies to coverage of the Medicaid expansion population (i.e., adults under the age of 65 who are newly eligible through Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8561

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to sunset the increased 
 FMAP for medical assistance for newly eligible mandatory individuals, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2020

 Mr. Johnson of Ohio 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 sunset the increased 
 FMAP for medical assistance for newly eligible mandatory individuals, 
                        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 ``Restoring Fairness to Medicaid 
Reimbursement Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. SUNSET OF INCREASED FMAP FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEWLY 
              ELIGIBLE MANDATORY INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 1905(y)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 
(y)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking at the end ``and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and each year 
        thereafter.'' and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) the Federal medical assistance percentage 
                otherwise provided under subsection (b) for calendar 
                quarters in 2021 and each year thereafter.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING OF TITLE XIX OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO PROVIDE A 
              STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO EXPANSION 
              POPULATION.

    Section 1902(a)(10)(i)(VIII) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(a)(10)(i)(VIII)) is amended by inserting ``at the option of the 
State'' after ``beginning January 1, 2014,''.
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