US Congress House Bill 797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a Federal Medical Assistance Percentage of 100% with respect to a U.S. territory's use of specified federal funds to provide covered drugs to low-income individuals who are eligible for the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

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.

Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]

Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]

Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]

Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-02-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-02-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/797/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr797/BILLS-115hr797ih.pdf