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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6495
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 14, 2020
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. SAN NICO-
LAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI´A of
Illinois, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Insular Area Medicaid
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Parity Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF GENERAL MEDICAID FUNDING
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LIMITATIONS (‘‘CAP’’) FOR TERRITORIES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1108 of the Social Secu-
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rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding
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paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘subsections (g) and (h)’’;
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(2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter pre-
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ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and para-
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graphs (3) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘, paragraphs (3)
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and (5), and subsection (h)’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
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section:
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‘‘(h) SUNSET
OF
MEDICAID
FUNDING
LIMITA-
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TIONS.—Subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply to Puerto
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Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is-
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lands, and American Samoa beginning with fiscal year
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2020.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) Section 1902(j) of the Social Security Act
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(42 U.S.C. 1396a(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘, the
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limitation in section 1108(f),’’.
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(2) Section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act
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(42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)) is amended by striking para-
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graph (4).
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply beginning with fiscal year 2020.
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