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H.R. 3215: Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

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H.R. 3215: Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-11 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Plain summary

Disaster Relief Medicaid Act This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to Medicaid coverage of individuals affected by a federally declared major disaster. In particular, the bill provides for specific disaster relief coverage under Medicaid for individuals who meet specified income eligibility standards and, during the seven-day period preceding the disaster, were either residents of the impacted area or were employed in the impacted area (and subsequently lost employment). Coverage is effective for two years after the date of the disaster declaration. State Medicaid programs must provide disaster relief coverage that is at least as comprehensive as the state's Medicaid coverage and the Medicaid coverage of the individual's home state, as applicable. The bill applies a 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to such coverage and related administrative expenses.

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Official text

Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] · 21 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3215 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116