S 2221 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A bill to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program.

Introduced Apr 22, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV

Latest action · Apr 22, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 22, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2002 is less than the FMAP for FY 2001, the FY 2001 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly that: (1) if a State's FY 2003 FMAP is less than the FY 2002 FMAP, the FY 2002 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2003; and (2) if a State's FY 2004 FMAP is less than the FY 2003 FMAP, the FY 2003 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2004.

Requires each eligible State for each calendar quarter for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002 and each calendar quarter for FY 2003 through FY 2004 to be increased by 1.5 percentage points. Mandates specified FMAP increases for States with high unemployment rates, and a specified Medicaid payment cap increase for territories. Prohibits application of the FMAP increases for a State under this Act with respect to: (1) disproportionate share hospital payments under Medicaid; and (2) payments under SSA titles IV and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2002 to Jul 24, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Apr 22, 2002
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Apr 25, 2002
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		Apr 29, 2002
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman		May 1, 2002
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		May 9, 2002
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer		May 13, 2002
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		May 23, 2002
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Jun 5, 2002
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Jun 10, 2002
D-RI	Jack Reed		Jun 18, 2002
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone		Jun 18, 2002
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Jun 20, 2002
D-WA	Patty Murray		Jun 20, 2002
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Jun 24, 2002
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy		Jul 9, 2002
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli		Jul 9, 2002
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jul 24, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Apr 22, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 22, 2002Introduced in Senate
Apr 22, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3018	Gordon H. Smith R-OR	Apr 22, 2002

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

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Apr 22, 2002Introduced in Senate

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