S.Amdt. 420

SA 420. Mr. RUBIO 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. OPTIONAL MEDICAID PRICE TRANSPARENCY.

(a) In General.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396a), as previously amended, is further amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(pp) Optional Medicaid Price Transparency.--
``(1) In general.--At the option of a State, the State may
require as a condition for a hospital to be a participating
provider under the State plan under this title or under a
waiver of such plan, for the State to establish a system to
collect and make publically available and accessible a
database that contains the average, aggregate value of the
total cost for such medical procedures as the State may
specify that are incurred at the hospital. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, the `average, aggregate value of the
total cost of a procedure' shall not include a patient's
expected cost-sharing contribution for the procedure.
``(2) HIPAA protection.--A State establishing a database
under this subsection shall establish procedures to protect
the privacy of patients in accordance with regulations
promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.''.
(b) Increase in Matching Rate for Implementation.--Section
1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b)as
previously amended, is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(bb) The Federal matching percentage otherwise applicable
under subsection (a) with respect to State administrative
expenditures during a calendar quarter for which the State
receives payment under such subsection shall, in addition to
any other increase to such Federal matching percentage, be
increased for such calendar quarter by 5 percentage points
with respect to State expenditures attributable to activities
carried out by the State (and approved by the Secretary) to
implement subsection (pp) of section 1902.''.
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