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H.R. 949: Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

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H.R. 949: Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-02-09 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-02-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

Plain summary

Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act This bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2023.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · 69 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), James C. Moylan (R-GU), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), John B. Larson (D-CT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 9 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr949 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118