Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 340 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 15, 2021 Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- ESTER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COOPER, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HAS- TINGS, Mr. KIND, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. VELA, Ms. WILD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. LEVIN of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:19 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 340 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Incentivizing Medicaid 2 Expansion Act of 2021’’. 3 SEC. 2. INCREASED FMAP FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO 4 NEWLY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(y)(1) of the Social 6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1)) is amended— 7 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2014, 8 2015, and 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the first 3 9 consecutive 12-month periods in which the State 10 provides medical assistance to newly eligible individ- 11 uals’’; 12 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2017’’ 13 and inserting ‘‘the fourth consecutive 12-month pe- 14 riod in which the State provides medical assistance 15 to newly eligible individuals’’; 16 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 17 and inserting ‘‘the fifth consecutive 12-month period 18 in which the State provides medical assistance to 19 newly eligible individuals’’; 20 (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘2019’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘the sixth consecutive 12-month period 22 in which the State provides medical assistance to 23 newly eligible individuals’’; and 24 (5) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘2020 and 25 each year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘the seventh 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:19 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 340 IH consecutive 12-month period in which the State pro- 1 vides medical assistance to newly eligible individuals 2 and each such period thereafter’’. 3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 4 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact- 5 ment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:19 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS