United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1683 (112th)
State Flexibility Act
Introduced
3 May 2011
Last action
6 May 2011 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11], Cathy Rodgers, FRED UPTON, Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Gregg Harper, Leonard Lance, JOE BARTON, Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6], GREG WALDEN, Glenn Thompson, Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18], Larry Bucshon, Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8], Brett Guthrie, Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22], Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3], Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11], David Roe, Tom Reed, Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10], Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Tom McClintock, Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48], Bill Cassidy, Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6], Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1], Dennis Ross, Robert Latta, Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6], Bill Johnson, Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13], Shelley Capito, Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
State Flexibility Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to repeal certain state Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) maintenance of effort requirements under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act. (Under "maintenance of efforts" a state is prohibited from having eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures under its state Medicaid or CHIP plan that are more restrictive than those in effect on on July 1, 2008, under ARRA or on March 23, 2010, under PPACA.)
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Timeline
3 May 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
3 May 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 May 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 May 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 3 May 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 3 May 2011
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 3 May 2011
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 3 May 2011
Sponsors
- Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] · R · Sponsor
- Cathy Rodgers · R · Sponsor
- FRED UPTON · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · R · Sponsor
- Gregg Harper · R · Sponsor
- Leonard Lance · R · Sponsor
- JOE BARTON · R · Cosponsor
- Marsha Blackburn · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- GREG WALDEN · R · Cosponsor
- Glenn Thompson · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] · R · Cosponsor
- Larry Bucshon · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Brett Guthrie · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · R · Cosponsor
- David Roe · R · Cosponsor
- Tom Reed · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Tom McClintock · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] · R · Cosponsor
- Bill Cassidy · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Dennis Ross · R · Cosponsor
- Robert Latta · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Bill Johnson · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] · R · Cosponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012
- related to ← Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act
- related to ← State Flexibility Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1683
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1683
- us · 112-hr-1683 · source updated 5 December 2025