Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

This bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2023.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 949 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 949

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the general 
Medicaid funding limitations for territories of the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2023

  Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. 
 Takano, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Trone, Mr. Case, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bonamici, 
  Ms. Meng, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. Moore of 
 Wisconsin, Mrs. Radewagen, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Garcia of 
Illinois, Ms. Chu, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the general 
Medicaid funding limitations for territories of the United States, 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 ``Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF GENERAL MEDICAID FUNDING LIMITATIONS (``CAP'') 
              FOR TERRITORIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1108 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1308) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``subsection (g) and (h)'' and inserting 
        ``subsections (g), (h), and (i)'';
            (2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``and paragraphs (3) and (5)'' 
        and inserting ``, paragraphs (3) and (5), and subsection (i)''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Sunset of Medicaid Funding Limitations.--Subsections (f) and 
(g) shall not apply to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa beginning with fiscal year 
2023.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1902(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a(j)) is amended by striking ``, the limitation in section 
        1108(f),''.
            (2) Section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396b(u)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply beginning with fiscal year 2023.
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