Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act
Latest action · May 1, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act
This bill establishes a 100% Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for U.S. territories until the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or through September 30, 2021, whichever is later. (Currently, the Medicaid FMAP for all states and U.S. territories is increased by 6.2% until the end of the public health emergency.)
The bill applies retroactively.
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 May 1, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
- May 1, 2020Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 82, May 1, 2020, page H1972.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to adjust the temporary increase in the Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage provided for territories during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- American Samoa
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Guam
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- State and local finance
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced 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.
