Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-422

EHS 422

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0328, by adding at the end thereof the following:"provided further, that said office shall further review and analyze the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 42 u.s.c. 18001 et seq. to identify opportunities to control or reduce the cost of Medicaid programs by obtaining waivers to allow greater flexibility in the administration of such programs, and shall report such opportunities and the means to capture them to the House and Senate Committee on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing not later than six months following the passage of this Act"