S.Amdt. 3953

SA 3953. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Health and Human Services
by this Act may be used to approve a new waiver of the
Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation requirement
pursuant to an application received by the Secretary on or
after August 1, 2018, unless a State applying for a waiver of
such required services certifies the State will--
(1) reinstate such services if the rate of or attendance at
appointments for Medicaid-approved services declines; and
(2) provide a sufficient amount of financial resources from
non-Federal funds previously used to provide required
services to support non-emergency medical transportation
under locally developed coordinated transportation plans (as
required under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code)
at service levels necessary to maintain the rate of and
attendance at appointments for Medicaid-approved services.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Health and Human by this Act
may be used to renew or continue a waiver issued pursuant to
the conditions of subsection (a) if a State fails to maintain
compliance with such conditions.
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