,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fehd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,kelly of ,illinois 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,gomez7 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 for a 
temporary increase in ,medicaid ,,dsh   
allotments during the ,,covid-#ai       
emergency period1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,temporary increase in   
,medicaid ,,dsh allotments during       
,,covid-#ai emergency period  7a7 ,in   
general ,section #aibc7;f77#c7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acifr-#d7;f77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking and      
subparagraph 7,e7 and inserting and     
subparagraphs 7,e7 and 7,f72 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following new  
subparagraph3  7,f7 ,temporary increase 
in allotments during certain public     
health emergency ,the ,,dsh allotment   

for any ,state is-- 7i7 for fiscal year 
#bjbj1 equal to #ajb4e percent of the   
,,dsh allotment that would be determined
 under this paragraph for the ,state for
 fiscal year #bjbj without application  
of this subparagraph1 notwithstanding   
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c72 and  7ii7  
for a subsequent fiscal year 7if any7   
during which the emergency period       
defined in paragraph 7#a77;,b7 of       
section #aace7;g7 is in effect1 equal to
 #ajb4e percent of the ,,dsh allotment  
determined under this subparagraph for  
the ,state for the previous fiscal year4
  ,for each fiscal year after fiscal    
year #bjbj during which the emergency   
period described in clause 7ii7 is not  
in effect1 the ,,dsh allotment for a    
,state for such fiscal year is equal to 
the ,,dsh allotment that would have been
 determined under this paragraph for    
such fiscal year if this subparagraph   
had not been enacted4  4  7b7 ,,dsh     
allotment adjustment for ,tennessee     
,section #aibc7;f77#f77;,a77vi7 of the  

,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acifr-#d7;f77#f77;,a77vi77 is amended--
 7#a7 by striking ,notwithstanding any  
other provision of this subsection and  
inserting the following3  7,i7 ,in      
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of this subsection 7except as 
provided in subclause 7,,ii7 of this    
clause7  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7,,ii7 ,temporary   
increase in allotments during certain   
public health emergency ,for any of     
fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbe1 if the
 emergency period defined in paragraph  
7#a77;,b7 of section #aace7;g7 is in    
effect during such fiscal year1 the     
,,dsh allotment for ,tennessee for such 
fiscal year shall be #ed1dbg1ejj4  4    
7c7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that a ,state should      
prioritize making payments under the    
,state plan of the ,state under title   
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq47 7or a waiver  
of such plan7 to disproportionate share 

hospitals that have a higher share of   
,,covid-#ai patients relative to other  
such hospitals in the ,state4