Bill > HR1683

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.)

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Phil Gingrey (R)*,  Joe Barton (R),  Judy Biggert (R),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Larry Bucshon (R),  Dan Burton (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Howard Coble (R),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Gregg Harper (R),  Darrell Issa (R),  Bill Johnson (R),  Jack Kingston (R),  Leonard Lance (R),  Bob Latta (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Thaddeus McCotter (R),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Candice Miller (R),  Jeff Miller (R),  Ron Paul (R),  Mike Pence (R),  Joseph Pitts (R),  Tom Reed (R),  David Roe (R),  Mike Rogers (R),  Dennis Ross (R),  Aaron Schock (R),  Lee Terry (R),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Fred Upton (R),  Greg Walden (R),  Lynn Westmoreland (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 05/06/2011)

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