Common Sense Savings Act of 2016
Latest action · Mar 15, 2016 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 19.
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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Common Sense Savings Act of 2016
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to specify how a state must treat qualified lottery winnings and lump sum income for purposes of determining an individual's income-based eligibility for a state Medicaid program. Specifically, a state shall include such winnings or income as income received: (1) in the month in which it was received, if the amount is less than $60,000; (2) over a period of two months, if the amount is at least $60,000 but less than $70,000; (3) over a period of three months, if the amount is at least $70,000 but less than $80,000; and (4) over an additional one-month period for each increment of $10,000 received, not to exceed 120 months.
Qualified lump sum income includes: (1) monetary winnings from gambling; (2) damages received in lump sums or periodic payments, excluding monthly payments, on account of causes of action other than those arising from personal physical injuries or sickness; and (3) income received as liquid assets from the estate of a deceased individual.
In addition, the bill eliminates the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) with respect to the coverage of individuals who are inmates in public institutions. Under current law, the enhanced FMAP applies to coverage of individuals who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
The bill also amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the SSAct to terminate increases to the enhanced FMAP as established by the PPACA with respect to CHIP.
Under current law, federal Medicaid reimbursement to states is reduced in proportion to any impermissible state taxes collected from health care providers. The bill lowers a percentage threshold used to determine whether such taxes are impermissible.
The bill terminates the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2016Markup Mar 15, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 15, 2016Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 19.
- Mar 14, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 11, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 10, 2016Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 24, 2016H.R. 4725, Common Sense Savings Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 15, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 39, March 10, 2016, page H1302.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4367 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to end the increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion with respect to inmates. | Related bill | Jan 15, 2016 |
| HR 4368 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of lottery winnings and other lump sum income for purposes of income eligibility under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jan 15, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce the Federal deficit through reforms in spending under Medicaid, CHIP, and the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Common Sense Savings Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Child health
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Gambling
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medicaid
- State and local finance
- State and local taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
