S.Amdt. 266

SA 266. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 40, strike lines 1 through 19 and insert the
following:
``(E) 90 percent for calendar quarters in 2020;
``(F) 88 percent for calendar quarters in 2021;
``(G) 86 percent for calendar quarters in 2022;
``(H) 84 percent for calendar quarters in 2023;
``(I) 82 percent for calendar quarters in 2024;
``(J) 80 percent for calendar quarters in 2025;
``(K) 78 percent for calendar quarters in 2026;
``(L) 76 percent for calendar quarters in 2027;
``(M) 74 percent for calendar quarters in 2028; and
``(N) 72 percent for calendar quarters in 2029.''; and
(iv) by adding after and below subparagraph (H) (as added
by clause (iii)), the following flush sentence:

``The Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a
State and year under subsection (b) shall apply to
expenditures for medical assistance to newly eligible
individuals (as so described) and expansion enrollees (as so
defined), in the case of a State that has elected to cover
newly eligible individuals before March 1, 2017, for calendar
quarters after 2029, and, in the case of any other State, for
calendar quarters (or portions of calendar quarters) after
February 28, 2017.''; and
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