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LC Number: KF32 .E55 2008g OCLC Number: (OCoLC)227002258 Subject: Medicaid -- Law and legislation. Excerpt: ... 8 tation services. This legislation, however, was vetoed twice by the President. In the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( P.L. 110 - 173 ), Congress placed a six-month moratorium on the im-plementation of the rule restricting rehabilitation care under Med-icaid and the rule eliminating Medicaid payment for specialized medical transportation for school children with disabilities and Medicaid outreach and enrollment conducted by schools. This mor-atorium expires on June 30, 2008. In addition, Senators Mikulski ( D - MD ) and Coleman ( R - MN ) of-fered an amendment to S. 1200, the Indian Health Care Improve-ment Act ( ICHIA ), which placed a one-year moratorium on the tar-geted case management rule, which was adopted by voice vote. The House, however, has not yet completed action on ICHIA. Both the House and Senate-passed budget resolutions include a reserve fund that would allow for deficit-neutral action to place a moratorium on the regulations. These funds would allow Com-mittee allocations to be appropriately adjusted in the event such legislation was enacted. Differences between the two bills are cur-rently being negotiated by the House and Senate Budget Commit-tees. In response to the concerns raised by Medicaid stakeholders about the looming expiration of the existing moratoria and the need for a moratorium on the remaining regulations, Rep. John D. Dingell ( D - MI ), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Com-merce, along with Representative Tim Murphy ( R - PA ), introduced H.R. 5613. This legislation would place a one-year moratorium, but not a permanent ban, on all seven regulations. This will allow Con-gress time to better understand the nature and extent of the prob-lems that the regulations propose to address, whether the solution identified in the regulation is appropriate and within the authority of CMS, and how ea
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Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: report
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