,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjba,ms4 
,bourdeaux 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,castor of
 ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,ms4 ,ross1  
,ms4 ,manning1 ,ms4 ,williams of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,moore of  
,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,thompson
 of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis
 of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mrs4     
,murphy of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,johnson of   
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1
 ,ms4 ,lois ,frankel of ,florida1 ,ms4  
,sewell1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 
,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,soto1 
,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mrs4         
,demings1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,jackson   
,lee1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,mr4    
,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,adams1 
,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,castro of  
,texas1 and ,mr4 ,allred7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of

 ,health and ,human ,services to        
establish a program to provide health   
care coverage to low-income adults in   
,states that have not expanded          
,medicaid4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,medicaid ,saves    
,lives ,act4  #b4 ,medicaid fallback    
coverage program for low-income adults  
in non-expansion ,states  7a7 ,in       
general ,as soon as possible after the  
date of enactment of this ,act the      
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7in this section referred to  
as the ,secretary7 shall-- 7#a7 directly
 or by contract1 establish a program    
that offers eligible individuals the    
opportunity to enroll in health benefits
 coverage that meets the requirements   
described in subsection 7c7 and any     
requirements applicable to such coverage
 pursuant to subsection 7d72 and  7#b7  
ensure that such program is administered
 consistent with the requirements of    
section #dca4aj7;c77#b7 of title #db1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7b7    

,definition of eligible individual ,in  
this section1 the term eligible         
individual means an individual who--    
7#a7 is described in section            
#aijb7;a77#aj77;,a77i77,,viii7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif;a7a77#aj77;,a77i77,,viii772  7#b7 
resides in a ,state that-- 7,a7 does not
 expend amounts for medical assistance  
under title ,,xix of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et  
seq47 for all individuals described in  
such section2 and  7,b7 did not expend  
amounts for medical assistance under    
such title for all such individuals as  
of the date of enactment of this ,act2  
and  7#c7 would not be eligible for     
medical assistance under such ,state's  
plan for medical assistance under title 
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq471 or a waiver  
of such plan1 as such plan or waiver was
 in effect on such date4  7c7 ,health   
benefits coverage requirements ,the     
requirements described in this          

subsection with respect to health       
benefits coverage are the following3    
7#a7 ,essential health benefits ,at a   
minimum1 the coverage meets the minimum 
standards required under paragraph 7#e7 
of section #aicg7;b7 of the ,social     
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acifu-#g7;b77 for benchmark coverage   
described in paragraph 7#a7 of such     
section or benchmark equivalent coverage
 described in paragraph 7#b7 of such    
section4  7#b7 ,premiums and            
cost-sharing ,no premiums are imposed   
for the coverage1 and deductibles1 cost 
sharing1 or similar charges may only be 
imposed in accordance with the          
requirements imposed on ,state ,medicaid
 plans under section #aiaf of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acifo74  7d7 ,application of           
requirements and provisions of title    
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act ,the
 ,secretary shall specify that-- 7#a7   
any requirement applicable to the       
furnishing of medical assistance under  

title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq47 by   
,states that have elected to make       
medical assistance available to         
individuals described in section        
#aijb7;a77#aj77;,a77i77,,viii7 of such  
title 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                    
#acif;a7a77#aj77;,a77i77,,viii77 that   
does not conflict with the requirements 
specified in subsection 7c7 applies to  
the program established under this      
section2 and  7#b7 other provisions of  
such title apply to such program4  7e7  
,no ,state mandate ,nothing in this     
section shall be construed as requiring 
a ,state to make expenditures related to
 the program established under this     
section and the ,secretary shall not    
impose any such requirement4  7f7       
,funding ,there are appropriated to the 
,secretary for each fiscal year         
beginning with fiscal year #bjba from   
any funds in the ,treasury not otherwise
 appropriated1 such sums as are         
necessary to carry out this section4    

#c4 ,increase and extension of temporary
 enhanced ,,fmap for ,states which begin
 to expend amounts for certain mandatory
 individuals  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#aije7;ii77#a7 of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7ii77#a77 is 
amended-- 7#a7 by striking #h-quarter   
period and inserting #dj-quarter period2
 and  7#b7 by striking #e percentage    
points and inserting #aj percentage     
points4  7b7 ,effective date ,the       
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect as if included in the       
enactment of section #ihad of the       
,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of #bjba   
7,public ,law #aag-b74