,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #e1         
#bjag,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act to  
provide parity among ,states in the     
timing of the application of higher     
,federal ,medicaid matching rates for   
the ,,aca-expansion population4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,medicaid ,expansion ,parity ,act of
 #bjag4  #b4 ,parity in the timing of   
the application of higher ,medicaid     
,federal matching rates for ,,aca newly 
eligible individuals  7a7 ,in general   
,section #aije7y77#a7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acif;d7y77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking for      
calendar quarters in #bjad1 #bjae1 and  
#bjaf and inserting for calendar        
quarters in the #ab-;calendar-quarter   

period beginning with the first calendar
 quarter in which the ,state provides   
medical assistance to newly eligible    
individuals2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71
 by striking for calendar quarters in   
#bjag and inserting for the next #d     
calendar quarters for such ,state2  7#c7
 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking for  
calendar quarters in #bjah and inserting
 for the next #d calendar quarters for  
such ,state2  7#d7 in subparagraph 7,d71
 by striking for calendar quarters in   
#bjai and inserting for the next #d     
calendar quarters for such ,state2 and  
7#e7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by striking  
for calendar quarters in #bjbj and each 
year thereafter and inserting for each  
succeeding calendar quarter for such    
,state4  7b7 ,effective date ,the       
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
take effect as if included in the       
enactment of the ,patient ,protection   
and ,affordable ,care ,act4