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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 460
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to amend the Federal medical
assistance percentage for the District of Columbia for fiscal years after
2020, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 10, 2019
Mr. GRIFFITH 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 amend
the Federal medical assistance percentage for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for fiscal years after 2020, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. FMAP FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR FIS-
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CAL YEARS AFTER 2020.
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Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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1396d) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘, and (aa)’’ and inserting
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‘‘, (aa), and (ff)’’; and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year be-
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fore fiscal year 2021’’ after ‘‘District of Colum-
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bia shall be 70 percent’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
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section:
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‘‘(ff) FMAP FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR FIS-
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CAL YEARS AFTER 2020.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
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(b), beginning with fiscal year 2021, the Federal
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medical assistance percentage for the District of Co-
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lumbia for a fiscal year shall be the higher of the
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Federal medical assistance percentage otherwise de-
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termined under subsection (b) for the District of Co-
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lumbia for such fiscal year or the alternative Federal
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medical assistance percentage specified in paragraph
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(2) for such fiscal year.
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‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE
FMAP.—The alternative
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Federal medical assistance percentage specified in
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this paragraph for—
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‘‘(A) fiscal year 2021 is 68 percent;
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‘‘(B) fiscal year 2022 is 66 percent;
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‘‘(C) fiscal year 2023 is 64 percent;
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‘‘(D) fiscal year 2024 is 62 percent;
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‘‘(E) fiscal year 2025 is 60 percent;
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‘‘(F) fiscal year 2026 is 58 percent;
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‘‘(G) fiscal year 2027 is 56 percent; and
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‘‘(H) fiscal year 2028 and each succeeding
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fiscal year is 54 percent.’’.
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