To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2172 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 9, 2019 Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico (for herself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals. 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 04:21 Apr 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2172.IH H2172 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2172 IH SECTION 1. REMOVING MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR A 1 TERRITORY TO USE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED 2 FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MEDICARE COVERED 3 PART D DRUGS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVID- 4 UALS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1935(e)(1)(B) of the So- 6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–5(e)(1)(B)) is amend- 7 ed by inserting before the period at the end the following: 8 ‘‘and the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 9 100 percent for expenditures under such plan that are at- 10 tributable to this subsection and the additional amounts 11 provided under paragraph (3)’’. 12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1905(b) of 13 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended 14 by striking ‘‘section 1933(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 15 1933(d) and 1935(e)(1)(B)’’. 16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 17 this section shall apply to amounts expended for fiscal pe- 18 riods beginning on or after October 1, 2019. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Apr 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2172.IH H2172 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS