Bill > S868

Introduced Session

State Flexibility Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to repeal certain state Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) maintenance of effort requirements under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act. (Under "maintenance of efforts" a state is prohibited from having eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures under its state Medicaid or CHIP plan that are more restrictive than those in effect on on July 1, 2008, under ARRA or on March 23, 2010, under PPACA.)

Committee Categories

Lamar Alexander (R),  John Barrasso (R),  Roy Blunt (R),  John Boozman (R),  Richard Burr (R),  Saxby Chambliss (R),  Daniel Coats (R),  Tom Coburn (R),  Thad Cochran (R),  Bob Corker (R),  John Cornyn (R),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Orrin Hatch (R),  John Hoeven (R),  James Inhofe (R),  Mike Johanns (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Jon Kyl (R),  Mike Lee (R),  John McCain (R),  Rand Paul (R),  Jim Risch (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Jeff Sessions (R),  Richard Shelby (R),  John Thune (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 05/03/2011)

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