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AMENDMENT

TO

H.R. 1628

OFFERED

BY

MR. UPTON

LONG

OF

MISSOURI, MR. YOUNG

MR. VALADAO OF

OF

OF

MICHIGAN, MR. IOWA,

CALIFORNIA, MR. KNIGHT

CALIFORNIA, MR. DENHAM

FORNIA, AND

OF

OF

CALI-

MRS. MCMORRIS RODGERS

OF

WASHINGTON Amendment drafted to H.R. 1628, as amended by self-executing amendments adopted by Rules Committee and Amendment offered by Mr. MacArthur

In the section 2202(a) proposed to be added to the Social Security Act by section 132, strike ‘‘Subject to subsection (b)’’ and insert ‘‘Subject to subsections (b) and (c)’’. Add at the end of the section 2202 proposed to be added to the Social Security Act by section 132, the following: 1

‘‘(c) REQUIRED USE

OF

2 CERTAIN WAIVER STATES

ADDITIONAL INCREASE TO

TO

PROVIDE FINANCIAL

3 HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE.—A State shall use the additional 4 allocation provided to the State from the funds appro5 priated under the last sentence of section 2204(a) only 6 in accordance with such last sentence.

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2 Insert at the end of the section 2204(a) proposed to be added to the Social Security Act by section 132, the following: 1 ‘‘The amount otherwise appropriated under this sub2 section shall be increased by $8,000,000,000 for the pe3 riod beginning with 2018 and ending with 2023, to be allo4 cated to States with a waiver in effect under section 5 2701(b) of the Public Health Service Act with respect to 6 the purpose described in paragraph (1)(C) of such section, 7 in accordance with an allocation methodology specified by 8 the Secretary that takes into account the relative alloca9 tion of other amounts appropriated under this subsection 10 among such States, and to be used by (and made available 11 under subsection (d), for any year during such period that 12 such waiver is in effect, to) such States for the purpose 13 of providing assistance to reduce premiums or other out14 of-pocket costs of individuals who are subject to an in15 crease in the monthly premium rate for health insurance 16 coverage as a result of such waiver. In the section 2202(b) proposed to be added to the Social Security Act by section 132, strike ‘‘section 2204(b)’’ and insert ‘‘section 2204(a)’’. In section 214(b), strike ‘‘Section 1412 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by g:\VHLC\050317\050317.221.xml May 3, 2017 (7:30 p.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008

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3 adding at the end the following new subsection:’’ and insert ‘‘Section 1412(f) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as added by section 202, is amended to read as follows:’’

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