S.Amdt. 3027

SA 3027. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 436, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 2008. STATE OPTION TO OPT-OUT OF MEDICAID COVERAGE
EXPANSION TO AVOID ASSUMING UNFUNDED FEDERAL
MANDATE.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (or an
amendment made by this Act), the Governor of a State shall
have the authority to opt out of any provision under this Act
or any amendment made by this Act that requires the State to
expand coverage under the Medicaid program if the State
agency responsible for administering the State plan under
title XIX certifies that such expansion would result in an
increase of at least 1 percent in the total amount of
expenditures by the State for providing medical assistance to
all individuals enrolled under the State plan, when compared
to the total amount of such expenditures for the most
recently ended State fiscal year.
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