H.R. 5566: Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012
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H.R. 5566: Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012
112th Congress · introduced 2012-05-08 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-05-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012
Plain summary
Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to tie the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, beginning in FY2013, to the highest FMAP applicable to any of the 50 states for the fiscal year involved.
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Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2012
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] · 4 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr5566.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr5566 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112