Medicaid Expansion During Crisis Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7892 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the duration of presumptive eligibility periods under the Medicaid program to allow pre- sumptively eligible individuals to have more time to file applications for enrollment under State plans under such program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 30, 2020 Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. GRIJALVA) 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 extend the duration of presumptive eligibility periods under the Medicaid program to allow presumptively eligible individ- uals to have more time to file applications for enrollment under State plans under such program, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Medicaid Expansion 4 During Crisis Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Aug 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7892.IH H7892 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7892 IH SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGI- 1 BILITY PERIODS TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR 2 FILING OF APPLICATIONS; FULL FEDERAL FI- 3 NANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR CERTAIN 4 STATE MEDICAID EXPENDITURES. 5 (a) EXTENSION OF MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGI- 6 BILITY PERIODS TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR FILING OF 7 APPLICATIONS.— 8 (1) Section 1920(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 9 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik- 10 ing ‘‘who does not file an application by the last day of 11 the month following’’ and inserting ‘‘who does not file an 12 application by the last day of the sixth month following’’. 13 (2) Section 1920A(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 14 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1a(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by 15 striking ‘‘on whose behalf an application is not filed by 16 the last day of the month following’’ and inserting ‘‘on 17 whose behalf an application is not filed by the last day 18 of the sixth month following’’. 19 (3) Section 1920B(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 20 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1b(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by 21 striking ‘‘who does not file an application by the last day 22 of the month following’’ and inserting ‘‘who does not file 23 an application by the last day of the sixth month fol- 24 lowing’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Aug 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7892.IH H7892 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7892 IH (4) Section 1920C(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 1 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik- 2 ing ‘‘who does not file an application by the last day of 3 the month following’’ and inserting ‘‘who does not file an 4 application by the last day of the sixth month following’’. 5 (b) PERMITTING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS TO 6 MAKE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR 7 ALL MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE POPULATIONS.—Section 8 1902(a)(47)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 9 1396a(a)(47)(B)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘any hos- 10 pital’’ the following: ‘‘, as well as any community health 11 center,’’. 12 (c) FULL FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR 13 CERTAIN STATE MEDICAID EXPENDITURES.—Section 14 1903(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 15 1396b(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 16 lowing new subparagraph: 17 ‘‘(F) for each calendar quarter occurring during 18 period beginning on the first day of the emergency 19 period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 20 1135(g) and ending on the last day of the calendar 21 quarter in which the last day of such emergency pe- 22 riod occurs, an amount equal to 100 percent of the 23 sums expended during such quarter (as found nec- 24 essary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Aug 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7892.IH H7892 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7892 IH administration of the State plan) as are attributable 1 to activities by the State to implement the State 2 plan requirement described in section 3 1902(a)(47)(B); plus’’. 4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 5 this section shall apply with respect to presumptive eligi- 6 bility determinations made on or after the date of the en- 7 actment of this Act. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Aug 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7892.IH H7892 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS