H.R. 3345, Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2021
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House bill 3345, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2021 or the Helping MOMS Act of 2021, was introduced May 19, 2021 by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, with cosponsors named in the heading, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. It is a bill to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and title XIX of the Social Security Act to promote extended coverage of pregnant and postpartum women under the Medicaid program. Section 2 amends section 9812(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) by striking the words during the 5-year period. It also adds subsection (jj) to section 1905 of the Social Security Act, a temporary increase in FMAP for pregnancy-related services for certain States.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3345
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and title XIX of the
Social Security Act to promote extended coverage of pregnant and
postpartum women under the Medicaid program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 2021
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. UNDER-
WOOD, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce
A BILL
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and title
XIX of the Social Security Act to promote extended
coverage of pregnant and postpartum women under the
Medicaid program.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Medicaid
5 Offer Maternity Services Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘Helping
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6 MOMS Act of 2021’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROMOTING EXTENDED COVERAGE OF PREGNANT
2 AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN UNDER THE MED-
3 ICAID PROGRAM.
4 (a) ELIMINATING TIME LIMIT ON STATE OPTION TO
5 ELECT EXTENDED COVERAGE.—Section 9812(b) of the
6 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2)
7 is amended by striking ‘‘during the 5-year period’’.
8 (b) INCREASING FMAP FOR PREGNANCY-RELATED
9 SERVICES FOR CERTAIN STATES.—Section 1905 of the
10 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended—
11 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and (ii)’’ and
12 inserting ‘‘(ii), and (jj)’’;
13 (2) in subsection (ff), by striking ‘‘and (ii)’’ and
14 inserting ‘‘(ii), and (jj)’’; and
15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
16 section:
17 ‘‘(jj) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FMAP FOR PREG-
18 NANCY-RELATED SERVICES FOR CERTAIN STATES.—For
19 each quarter occurring during the 4-quarter period begin-
20 ning with the first calendar quarter during which a State
21 makes the election described in section 1902(e)(16), the
22 Federal medical assistance percentage for such State that
23 would otherwise apply (including, if applicable, such per-
24 centage that would otherwise apply under subsection (y)
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25 or (z)) with respect to amounts expended by the State for
26 medical assistance for pregnancy-related services (includ-
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1 ing prenatal, delivery, and post partum services) furnished
2 during such quarter shall, after application of any in-
3 crease, if applicable, under section 6008 of the Families
4 First Coronavirus Response Act or under subsection (ii),
5 be increased by 5 percentage points. Application of the
6 previous sentence may not result in the Federal medical
7 assistance percentage for a State exceeding 100 percent.’’.
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