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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5815

Introduced

District of Columbia Medicaid Fairness Act

Sponsor
RMichael Cloud· Texas
Introduced
October 24, 2025
Policy area
Health
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.October 24, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5815 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5815 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to bring fairness to the Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2025 Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Arrington, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Steube, Mr. Roy, and Mr. Harris of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to bring fairness to the Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Medicaid Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF FMAP FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended-- (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by striking ``this title'' and everything that follows through ``shall be 70 percent'' and inserting ``title XXI, the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia shall be 70 percent, and for purposes of this title, for fiscal years before 2030, the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia shall be equal to the percentage that would otherwise be determined under this subsection without application of this clause or the percentage specified in subsection (ll) for such fiscal year (whichever is greater), and for fiscal year 2030 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia shall be equal to the percentage that would otherwise be determined under this subsection without application of this clause''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(ll) Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for the District of Columbia.--For purposes of clause (3) of the first sentence of subsection (b), the percentage specified in this subsection for a fiscal year is-- ``(1) for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2027, 70 percent; ``(2) for fiscal year 2027, 65 percent; ``(3) for fiscal year 2028, 60 percent; and ``(4) for fiscal year 2029, 55 percent.''. <all>

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