Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Empire State Equity Act”.
Empire State Equity Act
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase certain Federal amounts payable under Medicaid for certain States.
Sec. 2 Increasing certain Federal amounts payable under Medicaid for certain States
Increase in FFP for certain States— Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(aa) Increase in FFP for certain States—Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this section, in the case of a State that has a DSH allotment under section 1923(f) for fiscal year 2016 that was more than 6 times the national average of such allotments for all the States for such fiscal year, in determining the amount that is payable to the State for expenditures in a quarter in a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2018) under subsection (a)(1), the amount of such expenditures shall be increased by 1/4 of such amount that would result in an increase in the amount so payable to such State in such fiscal year by not less than $2,300,000,000.”
Sense of the Congress— It is the Sense of the Congress that the amendment made by subsection (a) should result in all political subdivisions of affected States providing property tax relief for the citizens of such political subdivisions.