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S. 1587 (112th)

Medicaid Flexibility for States Act

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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

Healthcare

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

  1. 21 September 2011

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 September 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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