,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ehe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjai,mr4 ,warner 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,jones1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4
 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 
,peters1 and ,ms4 ,stabenow7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act to  
provide the same level of ,federal      
matching assistance for every ,state    
that chooses to expand ,medicaid        
coverage to newly eligible individuals1 
regardless of when such expansion takes 
place4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,states ,achieve        
,medicaid ,expansion ,act of #bjai or   
the ,,same ,act of #bjai4  #b4          
,increased ,,fmap for medical assistance
 to newly eligible individuals  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #aije of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7  
is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection         

7y77#a7--  7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by
 striking #bjad1 #bjae1 and #bjaf and   
inserting each of the first #c          
consecutive #ab-month periods in which  
the ,state provides medical assistance  
to newly eligible individuals2  7,b7 in 
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking #bjag and
 inserting the fourth consecutive       
#ab-month period in which the ,state    
provides medical assistance to newly    
eligible individuals2  7,c7 in          
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking #bjah and
 inserting the fifth consecutive        
#ab-month period in which the ,state    
provides medical assistance to newly    
eligible individuals2  7,d7 in          
subparagraph 7,d71 by striking #bjai and
 inserting the sixth consecutive        
#ab-month period in which the ,state    
provides medical assistance to newly    
eligible individuals2 and  7,e7 in      
subparagraph 7,e71 by striking #bjbj and
 each year thereafter and inserting the 
seventh consecutive #ab-month period in 
which the ,state provides medical       

assistance to newly eligible individuals
 and each such period thereafter2 and   
7#b7 in subsection                      
7z77#b77;,b77i77,,ii71 by inserting 7as 
in effect on the day before the         
enactment of the ,states ,achieve       
,medicaid ,expansion ,act of #bjai7     
after subsection 7y77#a74  7b7          
,retroactive application ,the amendments
 made by subsection 7a77#a7 shall take  
effect as if included in the enactment  
of ,public ,law #aaa-adh and shall apply
 to amounts expended by any ,state for  
medical assistance for newly eligible   
individuals described in subclause      
7,,viii7 of section                     
#aijb7;a77#aj77;,a77i7 of the ,social   
,security ,act under a ,state ,medicaid 
plan 7or a waiver of such plan7 during  
the period before the date of enactment 
of this ,act4