Fairness in Medicare Savings Program Act of 2023

Fairness in Medicare Savings Program Act of 2023

This bill requires Medicaid programs in U.S. territories to offer Medicare cost-sharing assistance for qualifying beneficiaries. Amounts expended for this purpose are excluded from Medicaid funding caps.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4410 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4410

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the Medicare 
            Savings Program available in all jurisdictions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon (for herself, Mr. Soto, and Ms. Salazar) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the Medicare 
            Savings Program available in all jurisdictions.

    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 ``Fairness in Medicare Savings Program 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM TO THE TERRITORIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905(p)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(p)(4)) is amended by inserting ``for fiscal years through 
2023'' after ``Columbia)''.
    (b) Nonapplication of Funding Cap.--Section 1108(g)(4) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(4)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Exclusion relating to medicare cost-
                sharing.--Payments under section 1903 for medical 
                assistance consisting of medicare cost-sharing (as 
                defined in section 1905(p)(3)) furnished on or after 
                October 1, 2023, shall not be taken into account in 
                applying any limit under subsection (f) or this 
                subsection.''.
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