US HB4249 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Disaster Displacement Act of 2017 This bill requires a state, as a condition of participation in the Medicaid program, to provide medical assistance to eligible survivors of Hurricane Maria. For a specified coverage period, the federal matching rate shall be 100% with respect to such assistance. Eligibility shall be determined on the basis of specified income standards but without application of any resources test or state-residency requirements. The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, upon request from a public housing agency, provide additional funding for specified housing assistance that is necessary as a consequence of a major disaster. The Department of Agriculture shall do the same upon request from either a state or a political subdivision of a state.
Title
Disaster Displacement Act of 2017
Sponsors
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL] | Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-11-10 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2017-11-03 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2017-11-03 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2017-11-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2066 (Related) 2017-11-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Health
Housing and community development funding
Medicaid
Natural disasters
Public housing
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Disaster relief and insurance
Health
Housing and community development funding
Medicaid
Natural disasters
Public housing
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4249/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4249/BILLS-115hr4249ih.pdf |