Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the "Federal medical assistance percentage" by: (1) changing the multiplier from .45 to .35; (2) eliminating squaring per capita income; and (3) accounting for cost-of-living differences among States. Sets forth a formula for determining the cost-of-living index for any State.
Revises the alternative formula, provided in part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act, which a State may choose for determining Federal payments to such State under titles I (Old Age and Medical Assistance), X (Aid to the Blind), XIV (Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and IV (part A, Aid to Families with Dependent Children).
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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