Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021
Latest action · Jan 18, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021
This bill provides an enhanced federal matching rate to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place.
Under current law, the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
The bill applies retroactively.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2022; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jan 15, 2021 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jun 17, 2022 |
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 Jan 15, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 18, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 15, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2021Referred 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. 167, no. 9, January 15, 2021, page H199.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-16 | BUILDING ON THE ACA: LEGISLATION TO EXPAND HEALTH COVERAGE AND LOWER COSTS203 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 23, 2021 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 245 | SAME Act of 2021 | Related bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
| S 352 | Health Care Improvement Act of 2021 | Related bill | Feb 22, 2021 |
| HR 584 | Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Jan 25, 2019 |
| S 2639 | State Public Option Act | Related bill | Aug 5, 2021 |
| HR 4974 | State Public Option Act | Related bill | Aug 9, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2021Introduced 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.
