Smart Choices Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 944 To require the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to publish an annual report on the estimated impact in each State of the Medicaid expansion added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the estimated impact that adopting such expansion would have in States that have not expanded their Medicaid coverage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 31, 2019 Mrs. MURPHY (for herself, Ms. SHALALA, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to publish an annual report on the estimated impact in each State of the Medicaid expansion added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, in- cluding the estimated impact that adopting such expan- sion would have in States that have not expanded their Medicaid coverage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Choices Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H944.IH H944 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 944 IH SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ESTIMATING IMPACT OF EXPAND- 1 ING MEDICAID COVERAGE. 2 For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2020, 3 the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission 4 shall publish an annual report estimating— 5 (1) for each State that has elected to provide 6 Medicaid coverage to individuals described in section 7 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Social Security Act 8 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII)) for the fiscal 9 year— 10 (A) the amount of Federal funds under 11 title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 12 1396 et seq.) that the State will receive for the 13 fiscal year for medical assistance provided to 14 such individuals; and 15 (B) the number of such individuals who 16 are expected to receive coverage under the State 17 Medicaid plan under such title in the fiscal 18 year; and 19 (2) for each State that has not elected to pro- 20 vide Medicaid coverage to individuals described in 21 section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of such Act for the 22 fiscal year— 23 (A) the amount of additional Federal 24 funds under title XIX of such Act that the 25 State would receive for the fiscal year if the 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H944.IH H944 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 944 IH State expanded coverage to such individuals; 1 and 2 (B) the number of additional individuals 3 who would receive access to affordable, com- 4 prehensive coverage under the State Medicaid 5 plan under such title in the fiscal year if the 6 State expanded coverage to individuals de- 7 scribed in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of 8 such Act. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:49 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H944.IH H944 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS