S. 245: SAME Act of 2021
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S. 245: SAME Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-04 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SAME Act of 2021
Plain summary
States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021 or the SAME Act of 2021 This bill provides an enhanced federal matching rate to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. Under current law, the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates. The bill applies retroactively.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · 10 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] reported raising $20.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s245.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s245 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117