,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbe,ms4   
,king-,hinds 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,moylan1
 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 and ,mrs4 ,radewagen7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
title ,,xi of the ,social ,security ,act
 to eliminate the general ,medicaid     
funding limitations for territories of  
the ,united ,states1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,medicaid           
,improvement for ,insular ,areas ,act of
 #bjbe4  #b4 ,elimination of general    
,medicaid funding limitations 7cap7 for 
territories  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#aajh of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acjh7 is amended--  7#a7 in 
subsection 7f71 in the matter preceding 
paragraph 7#a71 by striking subsections 
7g7 and 7h7 and inserting subsections   
7g71 7h71 and 7j72  7#b7 in subsection  
7g77#b71 in the matter preceding        

subparagraph 7,a71 by striking and      
paragraphs 7#c71 7#e71 and 7#ad7 and    
inserting 1 paragraphs 7#c71 7#e71 and  
7#ad71 and subsection 7j72 and  7#c7 by 
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7j7 ,sunset of ,medicaid   
funding limitations ,subsections 7f7 and
 7g7 shall not apply to ,puerto ,rico1  
the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 the        
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and        
,american ,samoa beginning with fiscal  
year #bjbe4  4  7b7 ,conforming         
amendments  7#a7 ,section #aijb7;j7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7j77 is amended by     
striking 1 the limitation in section    
#aajh7;f714  7#b7 ,section #aijc7u7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7u77 is amended by     
striking paragraph 7#d74  7c7 ,effective
 date ,the amendments made by this      
section shall apply beginning with      
fiscal year #bjbe4