,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bj1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,budd 7for himself and ,mr4   
,ricketts7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services to collect data and
 report to ,congress on the cost to the 
,medicaid program from hospital and     
emergency room visits related to        
marijuana use4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,marijuana     
,impact on ,medicaid ,act of #bjbf4  #b4
 ,report on cost to the ,medicaid       
program from hospital and emergency room
 visits related to marijuana use  7a7   
,in general ,the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services 7in this section   
referred to as the ,secretary7 shall    
collect data relating to the amount of  
,federal and ,state expenditures under  
the ,medicaid program established under 
title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    

,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq47 that 
are attributable to costs incurred for  
providing medical assistance for        
inpatient hospital services1 outpatient 
hospital services1 and for services     
received at a hospital emergency room   
7without regard to whether such services
 are emergency services 7as defined by  
the ,secretary77 related to marijuana   
use 7as defined by the ,secretary74  7b7
 ,report to ,congress ,not later than #a
 year after the date of enactment of    
this section1 the ,secretary shall      
submit to ,congress and make publicly   
available a report describing the       
findings from the data collection       
pursuant to subsection 7a71 together    
with any recommendations for legislation
 or administrative action as the        
,secretary determines appropriate4