United States · Bill · S
S. 1587 (112th)
Medicaid Flexibility for States Act
Introduced
21 September 2011
Last action
21 September 2011 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], John Barrasso
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Medicaid Flexibility for States Act - Authorizes a state to limit the application within the state of specified provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that expand the program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act by enacting a law that: (1) expresses the intent of the state to opt out of one or more of the provisions of PPACA, and (2) contains a list of the provisions that will not apply to the state.
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Timeline
21 September 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
21 September 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 21 September 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 September 2011
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 September 2011
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 21 September 2011
Sponsors
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Medicaid Flexibility for States Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1587
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1587
- us · 112-s-1587 · source updated 5 December 2025