H.R. 682 · 115th Congress

Preserving Access to Medicaid for Americans Act of 2017

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2017-01-24
Latest action
2017-01-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Preserving Access to Medicaid for Americans Act of 2017

This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to eliminate: (1) certain Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payment reductions for states that did not implement Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and (2) specified maintenance-of-effort requirements for states with respect to CHIP.