To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary increase in Medicaid DSH allotments during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

21 April 2020

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summary

This bill increases Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for FY2020 and for the duration of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6584
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