,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #g1 #bjbj,mr4 
,gallego 7for himself and ,mr4          
,cisneros7 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 require       
,states to provide coverage under the   
,medicaid program for certain           
individuals during national emergencies1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,emergency ,medicaid for ,coronavirus   
,treatment ,act4  #b4 ,requirement for  
,states to provide ,medicaid coverage   
for certain individuals during national 
emergencies  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#aijb of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subsection 7a77#aj77;,a77i7-- 7,a7 in  
subclause 7,,viii71 by striking or at   
the end2  7,b7 in subclause 7,,ix71 by  
adding or at the end2 and  7,c7 by      

inserting after subclause 7,,ix7 the    
following new subclause3  7,x7 during   
any period in which there exists an     
emergency declared by the ,president    
pursuant to the ,national ,emergencies  
,act or the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford       
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act with respect to a      
disease1 who are diagnosed with such    
disease2  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7e71
 by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph3  7#af7 ,continued eligibility
 for medical assistance for certain     
individuals after national emergencies  
,in the case of an individual who       
enrolls under the ,state plan 7or a     
waiver of such plan7 pursuant to        
subsection 7a77#aj77;,a77i77,x7 during a
 period described in such subsection    
with respect to a disease1 such         
individual shall continue to be eligible
 under the ,state plan 7or waiver7 after
 the end of such period for any medical 
assistance available under the ,state   
plan 7or waiver7 related to treatment1  

including testing services1 for such    
disease4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,this  
,act and the amendments made by this    
,act shall take effect as if enacted on 
,march #ac1 #bjbj4