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115th Congress(2017-2018)
Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2017
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H. R. 862 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 862


To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to transition the Medicaid thresholds applied for determining acceptable provider taxes, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 3, 2017

Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. Guthrie, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to transition the Medicaid thresholds applied for determining acceptable provider taxes, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Transition of Medicaid thresholds applied for determining acceptable provider taxes.

Section 1903(w)(4)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:

“and except that the following percentages shall be substituted for ‘6 percent’ each place it appears for portions of fiscal years occurring in the following years:

“(I) For 2018, 5.9 percent.

“(II) For 2019, 5.8 percent.

“(III) For 2020, 5.7 percent.

“(IV) For 2021, 5.6 percent.

“(V) For 2022 and each year thereafter, 5.5 percent.”.